Overview

• Local activists and police led by Paveena Hongsakul rescued the boy from a dilapidated stilt house in Uttaradit province following a school principal’s report.
• Authorities found the child living with six dogs and able only to bark after two years of isolation from human contact.
• His mother and 23-year-old brother tested positive for drugs during the raid and now face charges and mandatory treatment.
• Despite receiving about 400 baht in government education subsidies, the boy had not attended school for two years before his rescue.
• Child welfare officials are overseeing his rehabilitation with academic lessons, psychosocial support and health care to aid his reintegration.