![]() A second experimenter, who didn’t know which bowl was which, would then stand and point at one of the bowls, sometimes for just one second, sometimes for the length of the experiment. An experimenter placed two covered bowls on the ground near them, one containing raw chicken, the other empty with just the scent of food. In the study, published January 17 in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, Bhadra and colleagues approached 160 solitary stray dogs in several Indian cities. ( Take National Geographic's dog quiz.) Getting to the point The study’s findings could help educate adults and children-who are often bitten and infected with rabies while sharing food with stray dogs-how to interact with them, leading to “a more peaceful co-existence,” she says. ![]() In recent experiments, she discovered that most stray dogs knew where to look when a human was pointing to an object, suggesting their ability to read humans is innate. ( Read about the many human signals dogs can understand.) That's why learning more about stray dogs and their behavior is crucial to resolving problems with people, says Bhadra, who has studied the animals for a decade. ![]() Stray dogs, she adds, are never sure whether people want to feed and pet them-or hurt them. This has made the management of stray dogs a polarizing subject, with some people killing the animals inhumanely, says Anindita Bhadra, animal behaviorist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata. These free-ranging canines often come into conflict with people, and, particularly in India, pose a public health risk as carriers of rabies, a fatal virus that kills up to 20,000 people a year in India, most of them children, according to the World Health Organization. Up to 300 million stray dogs roam the planet, with about 30 million in India alone. Now, a new study reveals even stray dogs-animals that have never lived with people-can still understand our gestures. Instead I got a new friend.Humans domesticated dogs, and over our 15,000-year relationship, we’ve bred canines to be friendly and eager companions-as well as skilled at interpreting our emotions. "I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship. Mikael Lindnord said: "This is a meeting that you have on just a few occasions in life. When they touched down at Stockholm's Arlanda airport, Arthur was given a hero's welcome. The Swedish athletes fed the hungry pooch their canned food as they took part in final stages of the Adventure Racing World Championships in Ecuador.īut, the grateful dog who they named Arthur, continued the race alongside the team and never stopped.Īs the athletes braved tough challenges including climbing and kayaking for 36 miles, Arthur was by their sides even when they tried to leave him behind for his own safety.Īnd when the dog desperately struggled to keep up with them in the water, the team plucked him to the safety of their boat.Īfter the team crossed the finish line, they had Arthur - who'd suffered a deep wound to his back - checked out by a vet before applying for permission from the Jordbruksverket (Board of Agriculture) in Sweden to fly him home. A STRAY dog has ended up with a forever home after he followed an extreme sports team during a gruelling 430 mile trek.
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