12 PHOTOS Girl survives 11 days in forest See Gallery Girl, 3, survives 11 days in bear-filled Siberian forest Karina Chiktova shown being carried out of the woods earlier this week by rescue workers - she spent 11 days in a bear-infested Siberian wilderness. The dog credited with saving Chiktova's life is named Kyrachaan after a word meaning "little one" in the Yakutian language spoken by locals. The young girl is shown lying in bed with an unidentified rescue worker shortly after she was found . Chiktova’s face was covered in mosquito bites and her feet were scratched, but she suffered no other injuries. A rescue worker carries the starved young girl – who survived on wild berries and river water – back to civilization. Chiktova is loaded into a van that will take her back to the town where she lives with her family. Chiktova is loaded into a van that will take her back to the town where she lives with her family. Chiktova was found in this tall brush about six miles from her remote Siberian village. Special ops soldiers and local hunters aided in the search as the group trudged through bear-infested wilderness. About 100 people were part of a search effort that included dozens on the ground and several helicopters and drones. Kyrachaan is shown leading a handful of the searchers across a shallow river as they search for Chiktova. Finally back in her village, Chiktova is wrapped in a blanket as she is carried towards her family. Up Next See Gallery Discover More Like This HIDE CAPTION SHOW CAPTION of SEE ALL BACK TO SLIDE

By RYAN GORMANA three-year-old girl remarkably survived nearly two weeks in the Siberian wilderness because her dog took care of and then led rescuers to her. Karina Chiktova went missing July 29 and had not been seen for weeks in the bear and wolf-infested forest where temperatures drop to near freezing at night even in the summer, according to reports.The child survived on a diet of berries and river water with the only injuries to her somehow being mosquito bites and scratches on her feet, officials told the Siberian Times She was found by rescuers lying in a bed of tall grass that hid her from sight of searchers hovering above in helicopters, authorities said.Dozens took part in the search led by the dog, named Kyrachaan after a word meaning "little one" in the Yakutian language spoken by locals, according to the paper Chiktova is believed to have gone missing last month when her father left their remote village to find work fighting brushfires in the Siberian taiga Her grandmother believed the child joined her father after not being able to find her July 29 after he left town. A lack of phone signals prevented her from reaching him until days later.The grandmother called police when she found out the girl had not joined him, and a team of about 100 people searched by air and land until they found Chiktova in the field nearly 4 miles from home.Special forces soldiers and expert hunters joined the search party as they came across many bears while looking for the missing girl, according to the paper.Authorities believe that cuddling with the dog at night kept her from freezing to death, and perhaps also scared off any wolves or bears that may have attacked her."We were sure that the puppy was next to the little girl all this time, warming her at night and scaring away wild animals," rescuer Afanasiy Nikolayev told a local television station, according to NDTV The dog spent nine days with Chiktova before returning back to the village to look for help."When her dog came back we thought 'that's it' - even if she was alive - and chances were slim - now she would have definitely have lost all hopes," Nikolayev told the Times. "Our hearts truly and deeply sank."But the dog led rescuers to Chiktova, he explained. The girl was malnourished, but otherwise okay."I carried Karina myself to the car, and she was light as a bird. She was hardly ten kilograms (just over 20 pounds) - but amazingly she was fully conscious," said Nikolayev.The young girl did not speak outside of saying what she survived on, according to the paper.She is being cared for in a Moscow hospital and is expected to make a full recovery while authorities are looking into possible criminal neglect charges against her parents.