stray dogs
Wandering ownerless pups
Stray dogs are dogs without owners, living uncontrolled in public spaces.
The phrase often implies a pack or population rather than a single animal: The city has a stray dog problem.
Stray dogs may be feral or abandoned pets.
Figuratively, stray dogs can describe people who are rootless or unwanted.
- dogcatcherStray retrieval officer
- animal controlService managing stray creatures
- catch and releaseAngling without keeping prey
- feralsDomesticated animals gone wild
- mongrelDog of mixed ancestry
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- free-roaming creatureswild horses, mustangs, brumbies, feral cats, feral pigs
- coloniasdirt roads, unpaved roads, septic tanks, water tanks, makeshift housing
- dogsbeagle, bulldog, boxer, collie, poodle
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
- urban hazardspotholes, crime, traffic, accidents, sinkholes
- animal ethicsanimal ethics, animal welfare, animal rights, animal protection, animal liberation
controlled vs. uncontrolled animals
stray dogsshow dogs
Canines bred for competitions
purebred dogs · service dogs · working dogs · guard dogs · police dogs
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