Sentences with phrase «did feral dogs»

Did feral dogs give rise to all the dog species in the world, or did all those dogs just contribute their DNA to the feral gene pool?

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They don't scare away other predators that prey on geladas — the researchers saw feral dogs kill numerous monkeys during the study.

Wild leopards wander into the Indian city of Mumbai to prey on feral dogs — and in doing so they stop the dogs biting people and passing on the rabies virus

Most inherited diseases are associated with inbreeding, so the diseases don't exist in wild canids and should be less common in feral dogs.

Hawks and falcons flourish, as do feral cats and dogs.

So before we start exterminating the world's feral cat population (good luck with that), perhaps we should turn some of that energy on figuring out what to do about the dogs.

They do not have to agree on religion, life style, how to raise kids or their voting preference ---- they just need to agree on reducing the over-population of feral dogs and cats.

Canaan Dog: 0.48, which may surprise some who believe that the rigors of feral life eliminate much HD; in fact, more depends on a combination of breed / group / family phenotype in those wild breeds that actually do not compete that much for food and breeding.

Thousands of years of separation from the wolf have also altered the social behavior of feral dogs, because they do not stay in fixed family packs.

While this might be true of feral dogs, it does not correlate with what I see in the clinics.

Studies of feral dogs living on the fringes of human habitation have also shown that dogs may gather socially but do not form packs in any true sense of the word.

House dogs do not need to be vaccinated for Lepto; adult outside dogs need to be vaccinated for Lepto only if there is a possibility of traveling in the same area as feral animals.»

The neutering service we offer for pet cats and dogs is helping to reduce the numbers of unwanted pet kittens and puppies being born, but unfortunately, it does not take many irresponsible people to continually create new feral cat colonies on the streets by abandoning their unneutered pet cats.

While I don't know if I have ever seen stray dogs in our town, we do have lots of feral cats here, some scary enough to intimidate two vets.

As street dogs vanished, feral cats claimed some of the last habitat niches that street dogs had occupied, just as feral cats are now doing in other rapidly mechanizing and modernizing societies.

Rescuing a feral dog is a wonderful thing to do — but Kevin Roberts wonders if he's bitten off more than he can chew.

Remember, this doesn't include the thousands of feral cats and wild dogs that don't make it to shelters, many of which live precarious short lives.

In general, we do have to be cautious about drawing parallels between the social behavior of wolves and other wild canids vs. dogs, because we know that there are important genetic behavioral differences — for example, feral dogs live in much looser social groups than wolves with members coming and going frequently, and do not have a strictly defined social hierarchy.

For the safety of our vet staff, PLEASE do not bring feral cats for surgery in a dog crate or pet cat carrier, cardboard box or pillowcase.

We don't allow colonies of feral dogs to roam around.»

The WHO Steering Committee for Rabies Control in Asia in 2003 did not even mention feral dogs in defining the three categories of dog who are of most concern:

And make an impact they did — over the next decade, LifeLine successfully implemented a host of lifesaving resources and programs, including an online «shelter» for showcasing adoptable pets; a volunteer - driven feral cat TNR (trap - neuter - release) program; a boarding facility; a cat adoption center; a rehabilitation program for dogs with medical or behavioral issues, and two low - cost spay and neuter clinics.

Newborn litters of feral cats and dogs can however adjust to being around humans if it's done at a young enough age; around 4 to 6 weeks of age.

The National Animal Health Service of Costa Rica (SENASA, in Spanish) has admitted that they truly don't have enough resources to work on controlling the enormous stray population, and are aware that there's a real risk of these dogs turning feral, and possibly even violent as their generations continue.