This leaving the huskies to shift for themselves, gives rise to peculiar ethics in the North Land. A man who steals food from another is shot down without mercy. But it is different in the case of the dogs. Should a man catch one, red-handed, gorging his last piece of bacon, he may not shoot him. If he does, the dog's owner can come down upon him for his value as a draught-animal. A miners' meeting usually settles the amount. Nor is this any insignificant sum, for the prices of sled dogs range from one to five hundred dollars, and in times of need as high as a thousand. Which best explains London’s purpose for comparing the consequences of stealing for a man and for a husky? London uses the comparison to persuade readers that huskies sometimes steal food from humans. London uses the comparison to inform the reader that huskies are viewed as property worth money. London uses the comparison to entertain the reader with a story about a husky that stole bacon. London uses the comparison to inform the reader that humans and huskies are treated as equals