Call of the Wild: Dog from Los Angeles Escapes New Home in Alaska, Outwits All Attempts at Capture

Call of the Wild: Dog from Los Angeles Escapes New Home in Alaska, Outwits All Attempts at Capture


It’s a tale pulled straight from a Jack London novel.

The star of this story is a dog named Jackie — a German shepherd-husky mix.

Jackie escaped her family in Alaska in mid-February, and she hasn’t been caught since, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

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In early January, Jackie was a stray roaming the streets of Los Angeles before she was captured and taken to a shelter.

Then the Greater Los Angeles wildfires happened.

Overburdened with strays, the L.A. County dog pound considered euthanizing Jackie.

In the nick of time, however, she was adopted by a family in Juneau, Alaska.

But on the first day with her new family, Jackie ditched her collar before escaping into the forest.

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