Sentences with phrase «of feral dogs»

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.

A vivid, riveting novel about an abandoned boy who takes up with a pack of feral dogs in late 20th century Moscow.

There were packs of feral dogs in Georgia's countryside, that would kill livestock and endanger people.

Cover picture: It may be startling to imagine leopards roaming the suburbs of Mumbai, but the presence of these large carnivores may help regulate the city's massive population of feral dogs.

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.

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But her only samples of feral dog DNA were from Bali and South Africa, where veterinarians had taken samples while spaying and neutering street dogs.

Ajay Bijoor, a project associate in our India team, has written a wonderful article about his experiences with the management of feral dogs in the Transhimalayan landscape of Spiti, India.

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.

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

With few shelters available, dogs of this good - natured breed frequently starve to death or become prey to the thousands of feral dog packs in the forests around the city.

While the primary focus of this page is on feral cats and the use of TNR (trap, neuter, return), we are aware of the feral dog problem in our community (especially as it affects Oglethorpe County), and we are working with our local partners on ways to address it.

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

We would never round up a band of feral dogs, neuter them and release them — why are we spending our very small shelter funds on this program that results in a sad end.

The cows and bulls have their horns intact — long sharp horns — and they aren't particularly wary of dogs since the national parks are also full of feral dogs (they usually sleep during the day though so we rarely see them).

Despite the work of feral dog specialists, rehabilitation specialists, veterinarians, and other caregivers, Ghost had a deep fear of humans and all that involved domestication — leashes, collars, grooming tools, and more.

A rescue group in Columbus, Georgia has come to the aid of a feral dog named Ghost.

We joke here that the mosquito is really the state bird instead of the beautiful Yellowhammer and we also have populations of feral dogs and coyotes that serve as wildlife reservoirs for heartworm disease.

The researchers spent six months studying dogs freely interacting at a Dogs Trust rehoming centre, and reanalysing data from studies of feral dogs, before concluding that individual relationships between dogs are learnt through experience rather than motivated by a desire to assert «dominance».

There are other dogs that are capable of fighting off a wild canine, such as a properly bred American Bulldog (they were used in the South to fight and kill roaming packs of feral dogs), and a game bred pit bull terrier.

Packs of feral dogs are dangerous to both people and livestock.

Although there are domesticated specimens of this breed, their history is that of feral dogs.