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Yes. He caught it while fighting a rabid wolf.

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A rabid wolf bit him when he was trying to defend his human family.

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No Old Yeller died because Travis had to shoot him. The dog had attacked Arliss. Travis knew that he had to shoot the dog before someone else got rabies.

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Yeller was bit by a mad dog.

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Who killed Old Yeller?

Old Yeller caught rabies, so Travis had to shoot him.


What disease did the cow have in the book Old Yeller?

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What killed Old Yeller in the movie?

In the movie Old Yeller (1957), the dog Old Yeller is bitten by a rabid wolf. Young Travis, the dog's master, shoots shoots Old Yeller, making the scene one of the sadest and most memorable scenes in children's movie history.


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What is the resloution in Old Yeller?

old yeller gets bit by a wolf with rabies and is shot and killed the end :)


Did the dog die in the book Old Yeller?

Old Yeller had to be killed because he got rabies. However Travis eventually gets a puppy that was fathered by Old Yeller. He names the puppy Young Yeller.


Did old yeller die in the book?

He died by a bite by a wolf and got rabies and got shot.


What happened the end of old yeller?

old yeller dies because a wolf with hydrophobia[rabies] bites him so travis kills him. :(


What is the conclusionresolution to Old Yeller?

The dog is shot because he contracted rabies.


How does Travis feel just before he shoots Old Yeller?

It has changed because he really loved that dog.But Travis had to shoot him because he had rabies!!:(:(:(:(:(:(


Why is Old Yeller sad book?

bc Old Yeller the dog saved lives in Travis's family but he got hydrophobia (rabies) so Travis had to kill Old Yeller with a gun, i almost cried when reading this