Stray dogs eyes biologist

An interesting and informative lecture by Andrei Alexandrovich Tupikina, researcher of the Moscow Zoo, is a specialist in zoology and ethology. Andrey devoted several years of his life studying the lifestyle of stray dogs in Moscow and Kandalaksha.

- Dogs are marked with different gradation relationship to the person, the recognition of human member (Species) their flocks to wild dog, avoiding human.

- Relationship with the person all the stray dogs can be divided into 3 types.

1. Dogs watchmen (despite the fact that they live on the street (parking garages, warehouses), these dogs have a strong personal relationship with some people. The behavior of these dogs are highly dependent on whether they are close to the guardian). 

2. Truly stray dogs (refer to the person as pigeons and sparrows, that such a dog on one side do not avoid the company of people, on the other hand - they have no attachment to the person) 

3. Wild dogs (avoid man live isolated, like wolves)

The first group of dogs gives the most problems people around.

- According to the type of feeding can be distinguished dog gets food from a guardian, begging, engaged in gathering and hunting.

- Free food resources determine the nature and size of the groups of dogs in a particular area.

- With a high density of individuals homeless dogs traced the hierarchy not only between individuals, but also groups of individuals, whose territories overlap.

- Males sometimes form alliances that allow resources to repel or females of other, more powerful, male. Each alliance dominated by one individual, it gets most of the production. Through this alliance weak male receives anything, because it would be acting individually got nothing.

- In Moscow, the total number of stray dogs previously reached 20,000 individuals, now the number of dogs has become much smaller.

- The elimination of stray dogs is not an absolute "good" as their niche in a city occupied by other animals, such as rats. If you have a resource (in this case, food), the "Holy Place" is never empty.

According to Andrei Tupikina catch all dogs in shelters are not appropriate. Measures should be taken against individuals.