First recorded in 1810–20
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It’s the tale of a fawn and a wolf cub who get lost in a snowstorm and help each other find their way back to their families.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023
She’s also photographed holding a hybrid wolf cub and standing next to a black wolfdog named Raider in a separate shot.
From Fox News • Jul. 7, 2021
His loving but misguided adoption of a wolf cub is deemed not just mad but dangerous by the nomadic herdsmen with whom he lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2015
Her Eli is a feral creature, as amoral as a wolf cub, and yet possessed by a sad, all-too-human knowingness.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2015
The wolf cub did not at all understand what was going on.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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