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Daniel Ramp, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney

What can free-living Indian street dogs teach us about how to care for pet dogs?

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We give our pet dogs shelter, veterinary care, affection, training and play. We decide when they eat, where they sleep, when they go outside, who they meet, and how they move through the world.

We love our dogs and we want them to be safe. But there’s a flipside. Our care often comes with confinement, restricted movement, limited social choice and constant supervision.

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