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071 Andrew Simpson (Game of Thrones) Training & shooting with Jon Snow's wolf, Ghost

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As our vehicle rolled up to the gate, we heard dozens of wolves howling out a wilderness welcome: a real life "Call of the Wild". Among the assembled packs were wolf performers who play direwolves "Ghost" and "Summer" in the Emmy Award winning HBO television series, Game of Thrones. Fun Fact: These hirsute heroes happen to be brother and sister in real life as well as onscreen! We danced with the wolves "Two Toe" and "Digger", two of the pack that ran down the bison in the Oscar winning film, The Revenant. All these onscreen stars were rehearsed and directed by professional animal trainer Andrew Simpson. This globetrotting professional has worked with bears, horses, mice and pelicans (Yes! PELICANS!) from Russia, China and the Greek islands to Europe and Australia (Yep! He's the guy that worked with the dingos in "A Cry in the Dark"!) Andrew has also produced documentaries with behind-the-scenes footage of he and his pupils working on and off–camera. The latest project is "Wolves Unleashed – China", the s