The story of an American family that adopts and raises a wolf pup as one of their own.
At the
surface, this seems like a cute book. Animal-loving family decides to
raise a wolf pup. But there you instantly also see the problem. They're raising
a wolf as a pet. Maybe not exactly as a dog, but still as a pet. Wolves (and
other wild animals) are not pets. They are wild animals and should be treated
as such. Chakka is basically kept here like a glorified house dog.
Chakka also isn't a rescue. He's literally a wolf bred for
the sake of being kept in captivity by a breeder who does the exact same. Wild
animals aren't pets. They belong in the wild, or, at most, in a responsible zoo
or sanctuary.
The editing and presentation was fine (if not the Dutch
translation of mine using some dated language, but then again the copy is
secondhand and may be quite old). I'm sure that if you can look past the
irresponsible wild-animal-as-pet-keeping you'll think this is a cute book. But
I can't and will address it. If you read this book and are inspired to get a
wolf/wolfdog for yourself: please reconsider and don't.
Rating: 2/5
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