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A wolf outwits every trap, a crow teaches survival, and a wild horse refuses to be caught.
In Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton follows creatures with lives, families and characters of their own. Lobo leads his wolf pack across New Mexico, while Silverspot guides a flock near Toronto. Drawing on animals he meets or hears about, Seton brings their watchfulness, cunning and struggle close.
The collection contains eight stories: Lobo, Silverspot, Raggylug, Bingo, The Springfield Fox, The Pacing Mustang, Wully and Redruff. Across prairies, farms and wooded ravines, animals face hunters, enemies and hard winters. Seton asks you to look closely at the hunted, without hiding the dangers they face or the sorrow their stories can hold.
What you’ll discover
- A wolf worth knowing Follow Lobo’s cunning and discover why his bond with Blanca matters so deeply.
- Small lives, sharp instincts Watch Silverspot lead his flock and Raggylug learn his mother’s lessons in escape.
- Two very different dogs Meet Bingo and Wully through stories that reveal their distinct characters and loyalties.
- Freedom on the plains Follow a wild stallion whose unusual stride keeps him ahead of pursuing horses.
- Nature without softened edges Encounter the fox family’s struggle and Redruff’s hard winter, with death never hidden.
Who will love it
For readers who love animals, nature writing and short stories with strong plots, and for parents or teachers looking for thoughtful tales to share aloud with warmth and heart.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A wolf king outwits every hunter
- Small creatures live by wit and watchfulness
- Two dogs show loyalty and character
- A mother fox teaches her young to survive
- Freedom and winters test the wild
- Why Seton wrote tragic tales plainly
Who’s who
- LoboA huge gray wolf who leads a small pack across the Currumpaw valley in New Mexico and outwits carefully laid traps and poisoned baits.
- BlancaA pale she-wolf in Lobo's pack, whose bond with the leader matters deeply to him.
- SilverspotA crow marked with a white patch, who leads a flock near Toronto by his cunning and teaches the young to survive.
- RaggylugA young cottontail rabbit with a torn ear, who learns from his mother how to hide from enemies and escape them.
- BingoSeton's big dog on the Manitoba prairie, loyal to his master yet drawn to a free-roaming life at night.
- The Pacing MustangA wild stallion whose pacing gait makes him faster than any horse sent after him, and who guards his herd on the open plains.
- RedruffA partridge raised in a ravine near Toronto who learns the ways of the woods and faces a hard winter.
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Wild Animals I Have Known
by Ernest Thompson Seton · 1898
Lobo rules the Currumpaw valley, outwitting the hunters who set traps and poison for him.
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Wild Animals I Have Known follows the lives of individual animals. Ernest Thompson Seton, a naturalist, an artist and a hunter's son, published these eight stories in 1898.
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A wolf king outwits every hunter
The first story is Lobo, the King of Currumpaw. In the Currumpaw valley of northern New Mexico, a huge gray wolf called Lobo leads a small pack of five. Ranchers know him by his size and by his deep voice, which carries across the plains at night. The pack kills cattle, and the ranchers want it gone. Seton, a hunter and trapper at this point in his life, accepts a rancher's invitation to try to bring the wolves down.
Seton studies the pack and learns that Lobo does not eat poisoned meat. The old wolf seems to understand what a trap is. He leads his pack around baits that Seton sets with great care, and he sometimes scrapes traps out of the ground. Several wolves stand out by their looks or habits, including a pale female named Blanca.
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What is Wild Animals I Have Known about?
It is a collection of eight stories about individual animals, including a wolf, a crow, a rabbit, a fox, a wild horse, a partridge and two dogs. Each story follows one animal's life in the wild or near people.
Are the stories in Wild Animals I Have Known true?
Seton based them on real animals he met or heard about, but he shaped them into stories and imagined their thoughts. They are best read as realistic fiction grounded in close observation. The book appeared in 1898.
Which story is the most famous in the book?
Lobo, the King of Currumpaw, is the best known. It tells how Seton, invited to hunt wolves in New Mexico, tried to catch a clever wolf leader and came to respect him.
The author
Ernest Thompson Seton
1860–1946 · Canadian-American naturalist and writer
Ernest Thompson Seton was a British-born naturalist, artist, and storyteller who worked across Canada and the United States and helped shape the early scouting movement. Wild Animals I Have Known pioneered the realistic animal story and made him famous.
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