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Mail.... Good friends and Greenland Dogs enjoying a fine autumn day in the Jotunheimen mountains of Norway. Photo: Wiktor Hagan, Kennel Wanvare From: "Gisle Uren" Date: June 28, 2015 To: "'Sue Hamilton'" Hello Sue, thank you for another fine issue of The Fan Hitch. I especially enjoyed the article on Making of The Savage Innocents by Henry Wyatt. I have some information about some of the dogs and hope you can forward the following to him: In 1959 Norsk Trekkhunklubb (NTK = Norwegian Sled Dog Club) received 12 dogs from the Royal Society for prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The dogs are reported to have been used for making a film in England. Of the 12 dogs two were put down, one was given to a private person but the rest were kept by NTK and used among their other dogs for ambulance sledding in the forests around Oslo. There were numerous ski trails in the area, and injured skiers were assisted and sometimes transported out by ambulance sleds. The following 9 dogs were recorded with NTK; Johnny, Bingo, Sergant, Major, Tiger, Namiq, Snipe, Blackie and Kokaly. Of the other three dogs only two are mentioned by name; Wolf and Roy. The last name I have not found anywhere. |