{"id":6225,"date":"2009-10-30T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/ecology-of-stray-dogs.html"},"modified":"2009-10-30T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T00:30:00","slug":"the-ecology-of-stray-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.com\/2009\/10\/the-ecology-of-stray-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ecology of Stray Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">by Alan Beck<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HcW_QK7WCrY\/Suo0tBldmdI\/AAAAAAAAIEg\/uiVyBgnFjGA\/s1600\/Ecology+Stray+Dogs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398185051481283026\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HcW_QK7WCrY\/Suo0tBldmdI\/AAAAAAAAIEg\/uiVyBgnFjGA\/s200\/Ecology+Stray+Dogs.jpg\" style=\"cursor:pointer;float:left;height:200px;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width:127px;\" \/><\/a>This brief little scientific book gives the results of a study done on free-roaming dogs in Baltimore. The author simply followed dogs about the city, observing their behavior and interactions with people. The study distinguishes between pet dogs that have simply got loose for a period and stray dogs that have no owners. It looks at how stray dogs have adapted to living in the city environment, and provides all kinds of general information such as how far they roam, where and how they find food, how densely they are distributed, their daily activities, what threats they pose to people- in the form of causing injury or spreading disease, how they can become a nuisance (noise and dog poo) what threats the dogs face from humans (animal control) and recommendations on what to do about controlling their numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Hidden Life of Dogs <\/span>I\\&#8217;ve never read a book quite like this. <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Ecology of Stray Dogs<\/span> is far more focused and scientific, and draws some interesting conclusions- for example, it shows how stray dogs can blend in and avoid notice by <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">behaving like<\/span> pet dogs, even when they\\&#8217;re actually very wary of humans. It demonstrates that despite the fear of dog bites, stray dogs actually pose little to no threat to people (most bites are from pet dogs). It sounds dry and boring but I was fascinated. There are so many books out there about studies of wild canines, or the antics of people\\&#8217;s pets, or even fictional accounts of stray dogs\\&#8217; lives- I\\&#8217;ve read half a dozen- but this is the only scientific study on stray dogs I\\&#8217;ve ever come across. This little book is well worth the read, if you\\&#8217;re interested in that kind of thing.<\/p>\n<p>I read this book on interlibrary loan in San Francisco several years ago. I think I\\&#8217;d like to read it again, having since lived in Baltimore, it would now be easy to picture the places described. But it\\&#8217;s hard to find.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Rating: 3\/5<span style=\"color:#b00225;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>98 pages, 1973<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alan Beck This brief little scientific book gives the results of a study done on free-roaming dogs in Baltimore. The author simply followed dogs about the city, observing their behavior and interactions with people. 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