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It's worth noting that unlike other countries, you won't find stray dogs in the UK. I have lived in 5 different countries, and I have not noticed significant n

It's worth noting that unlike other countries, you won't find stray dogs in the UK. I have lived in 5 different countries, and I have not noticed significant numbers of stray dogs in any of them (I am sure the number is technically non-zero, but I never saw them). I have visited many more countries, and I have only ever really seen stray dogs in Costa Rica. YMMV.

chr86 3y ago
Stray dogs are a pretty common sight in Greek streets. Although what's truly wild is the number of stray cats, especially in the suburbs!
- zarzavat 3y ago
  In Istanbul, uniquely for a Muslim country, stray dogs are tolerated and are “regulated” by the city government. One day I saw a huge pack stampeding down the road en mass. Turks seemingly have a penchant for owning giant dogs, too.
  - dopidopHN 3y ago
    Turks breed kagals. Hearding dogs big enough to keep bears and wolves away. Those are scary big dogs.
- epilys 3y ago
  I thought this was universal (in Greece) until I moved in the city center of Athens. I now only see stray dogs as an exception, e.g. in tourist-heavy, central places. I genuinely have no idea if it's the state's responsibility. Cats of course, are still everywhere.
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- lostlogin 3y ago
  > what's truly wild is the number of stray cats, especially in the suburbs! The smell of a cat colony has to be smelt to be believed. It’s up there with the worst smells I’ve experienced.
  - jjtheblunt 3y ago
    That's an interesting triple entendre sentence build around "smelt", which is a past tense (archaic maybe?) of smell, often written smelled, and a smelt is a little silver fish, so quite stinky, and smelt is liquid metal. That's a rare sentence that pretty much works all three ways.
    - lostlogin 3y ago
      Yikes. It was 3am and I was sleepless. Smelt rather than smelled… poor.
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nobodyandproud 3y ago
In Brooklyn a couple of decades ago (1990s/2000s), I saw a very large pack of dogs roaming one of its business districts (I cannot remember where…) It was 3:00 AM so there was no human activity, and seeing 20+ dogs 5 to 6 blocks running around even while in a car was unnerving.
- detourdog 3y ago
  around that time I was chased out of the gownus area while looking at buildings by stray dogs. I lived next to the Wiliiamsburg bridge and there were strays in that neighborhood. I think they liked the industrial area lots space not many people.
NoboruWataya 3y ago
Central and South America had a ton of stray dogs when I was there, and I hear they are very common in India too - they are probably common in much of the developing world. Like you, I don't recall seeing many of them in Europe at all. Lots of stray cats in Turkey and Greece, as I recall. On the other hand we have a ton of foxes in and around London. Gorgeous creatures but quite a nuisance at times, like when they get into bins or making ungodly* noises at all all hours of the night. * I originally misspelled this "undogly", which also works, I guess.
- dweekly 3y ago
  Now here is a person who can answer that timeless koan: "What does the fox say?"

chr86 3y ago

Stray dogs are a pretty common sight in Greek streets. Although what's truly wild is the number of stray cats, especially in the suburbs!

zarzavat 3y ago
In Istanbul, uniquely for a Muslim country, stray dogs are tolerated and are “regulated” by the city government. One day I saw a huge pack stampeding down the road en mass. Turks seemingly have a penchant for owning giant dogs, too.
- dopidopHN 3y ago
  Turks breed kagals. Hearding dogs big enough to keep bears and wolves away. Those are scary big dogs.
epilys 3y ago
I thought this was universal (in Greece) until I moved in the city center of Athens. I now only see stray dogs as an exception, e.g. in tourist-heavy, central places. I genuinely have no idea if it's the state's responsibility. Cats of course, are still everywhere.
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lostlogin 3y ago
> what's truly wild is the number of stray cats, especially in the suburbs! The smell of a cat colony has to be smelt to be believed. It’s up there with the worst smells I’ve experienced.
- jjtheblunt 3y ago
  That's an interesting triple entendre sentence build around "smelt", which is a past tense (archaic maybe?) of smell, often written smelled, and a smelt is a little silver fish, so quite stinky, and smelt is liquid metal. That's a rare sentence that pretty much works all three ways.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    Yikes. It was 3am and I was sleepless. Smelt rather than smelled… poor.

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nobodyandproud 3y ago

In Brooklyn a couple of decades ago (1990s/2000s), I saw a very large pack of dogs roaming one of its business districts (I cannot remember where…) It was 3:00 AM so there was no human activity, and seeing 20+ dogs 5 to 6 blocks running around even while in a car was unnerving.

detourdog 3y ago
around that time I was chased out of the gownus area while looking at buildings by stray dogs. I lived next to the Wiliiamsburg bridge and there were strays in that neighborhood. I think they liked the industrial area lots space not many people.

NoboruWataya 3y ago

Central and South America had a ton of stray dogs when I was there, and I hear they are very common in India too - they are probably common in much of the developing world. Like you, I don't recall seeing many of them in Europe at all. Lots of stray cats in Turkey and Greece, as I recall. On the other hand we have a ton of foxes in and around London. Gorgeous creatures but quite a nuisance at times, like when they get into bins or making ungodly* noises at all all hours of the night. * I originally misspelled this "undogly", which also works, I guess.

dweekly 3y ago
Now here is a person who can answer that timeless koan: "What does the fox say?"