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Category: Wild animals as pets

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The Call of the Wild

Posted on August 1, 2018January 25, 2019 by Alison Lever

The Call of the Wild is a story by Jack London published in 1903, about the life of a dog who started off as a pampered pet, was stolen, spent a while as a sledge dog, and ended up being boss of a group of wolves in the wild in Alaska. The dog finds salvation…

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