Real-life Mowgli kept alive by cats

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A one-year-old boy has been found living rough on the streets, apparently being kept alive by cats.
By Chris Hastings
20 Dec 2008

The boy, whose ordeal mirrors that of the character Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, was discovered by police in Misiones, in Argentina, surrounded by eight wild cats.

Doctors believe the animals snuggled up with him during freezing nights which would otherwise have killed him.

The boy was seen eating scraps foraged by the animals while they licked him, it has been claimed.

Policewoman Alicia Lorena Lindgvist discovered the child by a canal in the Christ King district of the city.

She said: "I was walking and noticed a gang of cats sitting very close together. It is unusual to see so many like that so I went for a closer look and that's where I saw him. The boy was lying at the bottom of a gutter. There were all these cats on top of him licking him because he was really dirty.

"When I walked over they became really protective and spat at me. They were keeping the boy warm while he slept."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/3866797/Real-life-Mowgli-kept-alive-by-cats.html

THAT's cats for you!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. It's amazing what animals will do

[TZ]

2. Smart kitties

Sounds like both groups were getting benefits from the relationship. I bet the kid kept the cats from being bothered by other people as well.

[LisaL]

3. Hah?

This child was one year old.

[TZ]

4. Yeah. But stray cats get attacked by dogs and other children

on their own. Less likely to happen in the company of a child....

[applegrove]

5. That poor child. That is so sad. Glad he was found.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Good kitties.