Red Dog (Kipling short story) Red Dog (Kipling short story) "Red Dog" is a Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling. Written at Kipling's home in Brattleboro, Vermont between February and March 1895, it was first published as "Good Hunting: A Story of the Jungle" in "The Pall Mall Gazette" for July 29 and 30 1895 and "McClure's Magazine" for August 1895 before appearing under its definitive title as the 7th and penultimate story in "The Second Jungle Book" later the same year. It was also the penultimate Mowgli story to be written. Mowgli the feral child is about 16 years old and living contentedly with his
Rudyard Kipling the United States, as it has become involved in Afghanistan and other areas about which he wrote. In 1903, Kipling gave permission to Elizabeth Ford Holt to borrow themes from the "Jungle Books" to establish Camp Mowglis, a summer camp for boys on the shores of Newfound Lake in New Hampshire. Throughout their lives, Kipling and his wife Carrie maintained an active interest in Camp Mowglis, which is still in operation and continues the traditions that Kipling inspired. Buildings at Mowglis have names such as Akela, Toomai, Baloo, and Panther. The campers are referred to as "the Pack," from the