<P> The lair of the wolf is his refuge, and where he has made him his home, Not even the head wolf may enter, not even the council may come . The lair of the wolf is his refuge, but where he has digged it too plain, The council shall send him a message, and so he shall change it again . If ye kill before midnight be silent and wake not the woods with your bay, Lest ye frighten the deer from the crop and thy brothers go empty away . Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need and ye can; But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill man . If ye plunder his kill from a weaker, devour not all in thy pride, Pack - right is the right of the meanest; so leave him the head and the hide . The kill of the pack is the meat of the pack . Ye must eat where it lies; And no one may carry away of that meat to his lair, or he dies . The kill of the wolf is the meat of the wolf . He may do what he will, But, till he has given permission, the pack may not eat of that kill . Lair right is the right of the mother . From all of her years she may claim One haunch of each kill for her litter, and none may deny her the same . Cub right is the right of the yearling . From all of his pack he may claim Full gorge when the killer has eaten; and none may refuse him the same . Cave right is the right of the father, to hunt by himself for his own; He is freed from all calls to the pack . He is judged by the council alone . Because of his age and his cunning, because of his gripe and his paw, In all that the law leaveth open the word of the head wolf is law . Now these are the laws of the jungle, and many and mighty are they; But the head and the hoof of the law and the haunch and the hump is--Obey!" </P> <P>--Rudyard Kipling (1865--1936) </P> <P> "The law of the jungle" is an expression that means "every man for himself", "anything goes", "survival of the strongest", "survival of the fittest", "kill or be killed", "dog eat dog" and "eat or be eaten". The Oxford English Dictionary defines the Law of the Jungle as "the code of survival in jungle life, now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self - interest in the struggle for survival ." It is also known as jungle law or frontier justice . </P> <P> The phrase was used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack . However, this use of the term has been overtaken in popularity by the other interpretations above . </P>

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