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Here the problem is a \\\"savage\\\" nature and an antipathy to humans is one thing -- but how does she lack social skills?
* San from \\\'\\\'PrincessMononoke\\\'\\\' was RaisedByWolves after her birth parents encountered a huge wolf in the forest when she was very young and [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned her]] in an attempt to get away safely. Indeed, it\\\'s implied that her parents literally [[HumansAreBastards threw her at the wolves to get away]]. The wolves were offended enough by this behavior to take care of her, instead.

Here we just lack details.
* \\\'\\\'Knowledge of Angels\\\'\\\' by Jill Paton Walsh is about a child literally raised by wolves, among other things.
* The Wolfriders of \\\'\\\'{{ElfQuest}}\\\'\\\' have operated under the leadership of chiefs and chieftesses directly descended from Timmorn Yellow-Eyes (who was himself the result of a mating between a shape-changed High One and a wolf). Because their bloodline has been \\\"tainted\\\" by wolf blood you could argue that anyone born to the tribe is raised by wolves. Add to this the fact that they bond with actual wolves (the animals serve as companions, mounts and hunting buddies) and it becomes even more true.
** To add another level, Little Patch in [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/HY/HY03/DisplayHY03.html this single-issue story]] is a human raised by Wolfriders \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' their wolves, who later attempts to return to human society. Any similarities to \\\'\\\'TheJungleBook\\\'\\\' are probably not coincidental.

These appear to be non-examples. The wolf in particular is very chatty with the repartee.
* In \\\'\\\'{{Hoodwinked}}\\\'\\\', a 2005, animated, feature-length film retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf parodies this trope. (Of course he was raised by wolves. He\\\'s a wolf.)
-->\\\'\\\'\\\'Chief Grizzly:\\\'\\\'\\\' Pretty thin Wolf! You say the old lady was already tied up. How did that happen?\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'The Wolf:\\\'\\\'\\\' I don\\\'t know, maybe to make herself look innocent. I just write the news, Chief, I don\\\'t make it.\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Red:\\\'\\\'\\\' For a reporter, you sure have a strange way of doing your job.\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'The Wolf:\\\'\\\'\\\' What can I say? I was raised by wolves.
* Spoofed in \\\'\\\'KungPow\\\" when TheChosenOne (that\\\'s his actual name) was raised by \\\"various rodents\\\". And when he wasn\\\'t [[WalkingTheEarth Walking Or Driving Across The Earth]], he frequently partied with forest animals.

These appear to be non-examples which are also not examples of humans raised by animals and so I have nowhere to put them.
** Non-humanoid example: William, one of the birds kept by Hodgesarrgh in \\\'\\\'Carpe Jugulum\\\'\\\', was Raised By Chickens, having imprinted on the hen that\\\'d been keeping its egg warm.
** Averted with Lupine from \\\'\\\'Reaper Man\\\'\\\', an actual wolf who turns into a man at full moon. Presumably by the time we meet him, he\\\'s learned enough about passing for normal from his Fresh Start Club friends to pull it off.
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