Generally, I’m kind of live and let live with wild animals.
Raccoons can be trouble.
Farmers see them as pests.
If I remember right, the young guy in the book wanted to train his dogs to win a competition so he could help out his family. They were poor.
It was a different time and a different culture.
The universal messages of the book shouldn’t be lost because we live in a different time and culture.
That’s what I told the book club. Time and place (country) should be considered. I have Southern country folk and the book told every day life. They still disliked the book.
Yes, you recalled correctly.