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I have seen several members on here talk about the stray/roaming pet problems in their respective cities, so I was just wondering how many people in different cities/countries notice a bad stray pet problem, and do you notice it more in a certain part of your city?
I've lived in a couple of different cities/houses as I grew up, some in the country, and a couple in the heart of my city (all in Ontario, Canada) and I don't think I have ever seen a stray/wandering dog. I will say that growing up, I would probably put my family in the lower end of middle class, we weren't rich, but we didn't live in the nicest neighborhood, but also not the worst. My cities also haven't been massively populated either, they have all been around 120,000 and my current city is 210,000.
Cats on the other hand are another story. I have seen SO many stray cats. In fact, two years ago, a cat got hit by a car on our road, and we heard some mewing, so we raised her 4 two week old kittens until we could find homes for them. It was definitely a challenge (particularly because I am 10000% not a cat person), kittens eat often, and the stimulating of urination/defecation was a new experience for me.
I've lived in a couple of different cities/houses as I grew up, some in the country, and a couple in the heart of my city (all in Ontario, Canada) and I don't think I have ever seen a stray/wandering dog. I will say that growing up, I would probably put my family in the lower end of middle class, we weren't rich, but we didn't live in the nicest neighborhood, but also not the worst. My cities also haven't been massively populated either, they have all been around 120,000 and my current city is 210,000.
Cats on the other hand are another story. I have seen SO many stray cats. In fact, two years ago, a cat got hit by a car on our road, and we heard some mewing, so we raised her 4 two week old kittens until we could find homes for them. It was definitely a challenge (particularly because I am 10000% not a cat person), kittens eat often, and the stimulating of urination/defecation was a new experience for me.