Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Moscow stray dogs


Hannah told me about the stray dogs in Moscow and how they travel into the city using the subway in order to beg and find food. I went on to youtube and found this documentary about them. I found it really interesting and astonishing how these dogs had adapted to their urban environment - learning how to use the subway, where the best places are to beg, how to cross busy roads... I feel that as a story this is really interesting and could potentially be a good idea for one of my postcards. On the other hand I feel like I am more interested in the conflict created between urban residents and wildlife. Stray dogs are abandoned domesticated animals as supposed to actual wild animals. We often do not fear dogs, and are more likely to accept them into urban environments - how would you react if a leopard got on the subway? I don't think in the same way…so I'm not sure as a narrative this really follows what I am looking for.

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