PUPPY KEEPS A LOST 4 YEAR OLD GIRL WARM AND ALIVE FOR 9 DAYS IN THE SIBERIAN WILDERNESS, then travels to the village to summon help

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By Will Stewart

Mowgli meets her rescue dog! Four-year-old who survived for 12 NIGHTS in the Siberian wilderness is reunited with the puppy who saved her life by keeping her warm.

Karina Chitkova was three when she became lost in the Siberian woods 

'Why did you leave me?' she asked her puppy when they were reunited 

The pair became lost after following Karina's father into the wilderness

Naida the puppy kept her warm, before returning to the village to get help 

She was severely malnourished when rescuers found her near a river 

Now, the  four-year-old is preparing for Christmas in her home village

Her grandmother says she's alive because 'she's not scared of the forest'



After keeping her warm for 9 days, Naida went to the village to summon help



Searching for Karina after puppy Naida returned to the village

Smiling into the camera, four-year-old Katerina looks like any proud child with her pet.  But the little Russian girl, dubbed 'Mowgli' girl in fact owes her life to the Alsatian puppy after they got lost together in the Siberian wilderness - where she then survived for 12 days and nights.



The moment Karina was discovered

Karina Chikitova became lost with her pet after following her father into a snowy Siberian forest full of wolves and bears in October last year.  

 

Naida had been keeping Karina warm at night but after nine days returned home to summon help.

 

Rescuers found her footprint three days later next to a paw print near a river, where they had drunk water.

 

So the emergency workers knew they were in the right area of the Sakha Republic, Russia's largest region and only slightly smaller than India.

 

Karina is now preparing for Christmas in her home in the far flung village of Kyachchi - hoping that Russian Santa, called Ded Moroz, will bring her a Barbie doll. 

 

It was here that Karina's grandmother Emma revealed the child's first words to the dog after she returned from five weeks of hospital treatment after her ordeal.

 

'Why did you leave me?' she asked Naida.

 

'In fact, seeing the dog back in the village helped save her life,' according to The Siberian Times, who visited Karina in her remote home for the first picture of them together since their ordeal.

 

'Naida's appearance after nine days gave rescuers hope that Karina was still alive, even though the dog was not able to retrace her steps back to the child.'

 

The dog had also kept her warm at night in chilly temperatures. She was eventually found hungry, exhausted and covered in mosquito bites lying in a grassy hole.

The rescue

 

This week Karina has a winter cold which stopped her playing outside in temperatures of minus 29 degrees - rather mild for the time of year in the Sakha Republic, the largest and coldest region in Russia.

 

'Soon they will bring a Christmas tree in from the forest,' said Karina, excited about the coming festivities which will be celebrated, Russian-style, at New Year.

 

She added: 'They'll put it inside the house and warm it up. And then I will decorate it with beautiful toys and candy wrappings.

 

'Then Ded Moroz will bring me a Barbie and a kitchen set, so I'll be playing with my friends.'

 

 

 

Source

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868791/Mowgli-meets-rescue-dog-Four-year-old-survived-12-NIGHTS-wilderness-reunited-puppy-saved-life-keeping-warm.html

 

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