The Plague Dogs
novel by Adams
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"The Plague Dogs" is a novel by Richard Adams, published in 1977. It tells the story of two dogs who escape from a research facility. The novel explores themes of animal rights, with the dogs potentially carrying the bubonic plague. This is distinct from Albert Camus's novel "The Plague," which is an allegory about fighting an epidemic in Oran.12
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