{"id":3781,"date":"2019-02-15T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:33:58","slug":"pets-for-people-featured-in-purdue-convocations-pre-show-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pets-for-people-featured-in-purdue-convocations-pre-show-event.php","title":{"rendered":"Pets for People Featured in Purdue Convocations Pre-show Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"Scene from Call of the Wild pictured with man and scene of icy waters\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm-445x235.jpg 445w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/convos_call_of_wild_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The famous novel \u201cCall of the Wild\u201d by author Jack London comes to life at Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center February 24, preceded by a chance for people to interact with <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/studentorganizations\/club-PFP.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pets for People Club<\/a> therapy dogs. (Photo courtesy of Purdue Convocations)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jack London\u2019s &#8220;Call of the Wild&#8221; is a classic tale that will come to life on stage at Purdue on Sunday, February 24, preceded by an event in which Purdue Convocations is teaming-up with Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/studentorganizations\/club-PFP.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pets for People<\/a> Club. The thrilling story of courage and survival penned by author Jack London will be presented as a multimedia adventure of performance, storytelling, and projected images at 3:00 p.m., in Stewart Center\u2019s Loeb Playhouse.\u00a0 Prior to the performance, at 2:00 p.m., attendees can join Purdue Convocations and the Pets for People Club in the Stewart Center Lobby to learn more about the novel and to meet trained therapy dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the book, Buck \u2014 the offspring of a St. Bernard and a Scottish Collie \u2014 is kidnapped and put to work as a sled dog in Canada\u2019s Klondike Gold Rush of the 1800s. As the call of his ancestors courses through his blood, Buck discovers his own endurance and strength to become the most famous dog in the northland\u2019s history.&nbsp; Tickets for the performance are $15 for adults and $10 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students, and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and are available at the Stewart Center box office or online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/convocations\/event\/call-of-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Purdue Convocations (opens in a new tab)\">Purdue Convocations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack London\u2019s &#8220;Call of the Wild&#8221; is a classic tale that will come to life on stage at Purdue on Sunday, February 24, preceded by an event in which Purdue Convocations is teaming-up with Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Pets for People Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,28,29,42],"tags":[985,169,106,56,983,984],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-our-impact","category-our-people","category-students","tag-call-of-the-wild","tag-engagement","tag-event","tag-homepage","tag-pets-for-people-club","tag-purdue-convocations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31765,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/31765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}