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Monitoring of homeless cats demise at two locations of Moscow Observation period Situation in area under observation Demise of cats Evidence of attack by stray dogs as the cause of cats demise Year Month Number of cases Approximate age (years) Characteristic lesions (%) Testimony of eye witnesses (%) Around 45, Miklukho-Maklaya St. 1999 November stray dogs noted. No cases revealed of cats being chased by stray dogs. 1 2-4 - - 2000 July- December No hordes noted of ever-present stray dogs. Single migrating stray dogs reported. No cases revealed of cats being chased by stray dogs. Cases noted of cats being chased by pet dogs (in the daytime), including those that led to cats demise. 12 0,5-3 50 25 2001 February- July No hordes noted of ever-present stray dogs. Single migrating stray dogs reported. No cases revealed of cats being chased by stray dogs. 6 2-4 - - 2002 August No hordes noted of ever-present stray dogs. Single migrating stray dogs and single hordes at the time of dogs’ weddings. No cases revealed of cats being chased by stray dogs. Cases noted of cats being chased by pet dogs (in the daytime), including those that led to cats demise. 12 2-5 100 100 2003 March- August No hordes noted of ever-present stray dogs. Numerous migrating hordes of permanent composition and single stray dogs noted, including those specializing in cat chasing (lying in wait for cats at the air-vents in the basements, on cats’ paths). Numerous cases revealed of cats being chased (at night and early in the morning), including those that led to cats demise. 4 2-6 100 100 2004 January- December A horde of 3 stray dogs noted permanently inhabiting the area adjoining the apartment house. An increase in the number of migrating hordes (number of dogs, size of individuals) observed. Numerous cases revealed of cats being chased by stray dogs (day and night, including cases that resulted cats demise), in which stray dogs of all breeds actively participated. 9 1-6 100 67 2005 January- December An increase of the number of ever-present hordes and their population noted. 2 hordes of stray dogs noted in the area adjoining the apartment house (dog population, size of individuals) and of single stray dogs. Numerous cases of total pursuit of cats (virtually round the clock), leading literally to extermination of all homeless cats in the neighborhood. Hordes of stray dogs permanently the area stage a real ecocide of cats by lying in wait for them at the air-vents in the basements, not letting them even to come out of the basements get meals from their guardians; the dogs keep homeless cats in a state of permanent stress. 15 2-5 100 73 Around 10, Malaya Filevskaya St. 2000 July Rare hordes of stray dogs. Cases of cats being chased observed, ending in cats demise. 3 - 100 - 2001 October- November Almost no hordes of stray dogs were observed. Cases of cats being chased by stray dogs are few. 2 0,5-1 50 - 2002 March- July A horde of 4 stray dogs arrived, inhabiting the area permanently; the horde is chasing homeless cats. 2 0,5 100 100 2003 January- November There arrived several hordes of stray dogs permanently inhabiting the area and effectively chasing the cats. Observed are numerous cases of these stray dogs chasing cats that ended in cats' demise. No cases noted of pet dogs chasing cats that ended in cats’ demise. 40 0,17-10 93 42 2004 March- December Ever-present and continually migrating hordes of stray dogs are observed several times a day. All the hordes are chasing cats actively, deliberately seeking to thrust he muzzle into he air-vents of the basements, nosing out the presence of cats; besides, they lie in wait for cats near the basement air-vents and on cat paths. 17 0,17-6 88 41 2005 January- December The growing number of dog hordes as permanent inhabitants and of their populations noted. The presence of 5 permanently inhabiting stray dog hordes is noted (each of 6 to 15 dogs). Increase of migrating hordes to 3 is noted (each numbering up to 10 individuals). Numerous cases of stray dogs chasing cats (round the clock). 33 0,17-6 79 30

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