Shaun Ellis is sometimes called ‘The Wolfman’. He’s not a monster; he’s an animal researcher that studies wolves.
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Shaun isn’t a normal researcher. Some people call him ‘The Wolfman’ because of the unusual ways that he works with these wild animals. Unlike most animal researchers, he has almost become a wolf.
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‘The Wolfman’ because he has almost become a wolf.<
Wolves are very powerful and sometimes dangerous animals.
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They can easily break bones and kill humans, but Shaun is not
afraid of them.
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For almost two years he lived, slept, ate, played, and hunted with
a family of wolves in England.
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For twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, he lived the life
of a wolf.
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with them twenty-four hours a day.
A family of wolves is called a ‘pack’. Shaun didn’t only join a pack
of wolves; he became their leader.
Shaun grew up in a rural part of England. The local animals were
his friends.
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At a young age, Shaun watched how the local foxes lived. As a
young man, one of his first jobs was working in a game preserve.
A game preserve isn’t a normal park. A game preserve is a place
where animals are kept for hunters to shoot and kill.
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Shaun loves animals. He didn’t want them to die. He fed them
and planned to help the foxes escape.
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them. He planned to help them escape.
When his boss found out, he was fired.
Later in life, Shaun joined the army and became a soldier.
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