Bruno to Jakkals — Len Nourse

A kid, JP, could talk to animals. He joined the police to work with dogs. JP and his first lieutenant, Bruno, imprisoned many gangsters in action packed adventures of crime solving. Bruno, via JP, was tops in telling these stories. Tragedy struck when a gang they had imprisoned took revenge, but not before Bruno brought JP a Jackal pup, Jakkals. Their next adventures show how they built a team of animal detectives; Eagle the first.