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34. Jed

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 08:57 AM

Aug 28

Meredith Salenger and Jed

Jed was born at Whatcom Humane Society in Bellingham, Washington in 1977 where Gerhardt "Gary" Winkler, Henry Winkler's second cousin, adopted him as part of his collection of Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes.

Jed was an American animal actor, known for his roles in the movies The Thing (1982), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), White Fang (1991), and White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994).

He was a Northwestern wolf-Alaskan Malamute hybrid. His mother was a captive Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf from British Columbia's Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. His father was an Alaskan Malamute originally from Juneau, Alaska's Gastineau Humane Society.

He died in June 1995. Rest in Paradise, Jed.

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