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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:22 pm Good hypothesis Andy - street dogs fed on self-caught rats.

BUT - are street dogs adept at catching rats?
Most of them are not small terriers or specialist rat-dog breeds like that.
??
Well, 100,000 of them survive, adaptation?
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AndyKK wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:30 pm
SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:22 pm Good hypothesis Andy - street dogs fed on self-caught rats.

BUT - are street dogs adept at catching rats?
Most of them are not small terriers or specialist rat-dog breeds like that.
??
Well, 100,000 of them survive, adaptation?
Then again the big dogs probably eat the small terriers :facepalm:
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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AndyKK wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:33 pm
AndyKK wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:30 pm
SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:22 pm Good hypothesis Andy - street dogs fed on self-caught rats.

BUT - are street dogs adept at catching rats?
Most of them are not small terriers or specialist rat-dog breeds like that.
??
Well, 100,000 of them survive, adaptation?
Then again the big dogs probably eat the small terriers :facepalm:
No, maybe not. ??
terriers being terriers, would have eaten the street dogs. for breakfast.
- then ,probably adopted the local habit of becoming big arrogant and lazy immediately upon becoming the winner
so, hopefully, then in turn to be eaten by the new crop of lowly but extremely fierce little terriers
so perpetuating the age old cycle of dog-eat-dog life all over again.
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WineOxley wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:05 pm Anyone here actually ever taste Dog or Cat meat here in the KOW?
Not that i am aware of. Dog meat is expensive so its unlikely to be thrown in your soup for free.
Hvae had sparrow, thats about as exotic as it gets
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I was at a drinking sessions in the Philippines a while ago with my dog. The host was preparing an 'appetiser'. It tasted OK, red meat but I wasn't paying attention.
I offered a bone to my dog but he REFUSED!
Thinking back to the preparation, we were eating dog.
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Someone gave a meat dish to our house because of the Fiesta (philippines). I ate it with rice, and as is my custom, I fed some to my dog as I was eating. She loved it. I only found out later in the day that the dish was dogmeat.
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WineOxley wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:05 pm Anyone here actually ever taste Dog or Cat meat here in the KOW?
I did.

I once went for a 5 day project in Ta Lao village in Ratanakiri, it's a pretty remote village across the Se San river with mostly people of Lao origin.

I stayed at the house of the local school director, and I was brave enough not to bring supplies with me and 'submerge' in local village life. First day it was bony dog, specially prepared for the guest. Denying it was out of the question.

Second time was in Kompong Cham with a Vietnamese friend. A dog leg, charcoal grilled topped with red ants. I know it sounds crazy, but it went in well with a few beers.

I've never seen cats being sold for consumption in Cambodia.
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:22 pm Good hypothesis Andy - street dogs fed on self-caught rats.

BUT - are street dogs adept at catching rats?
Most of them are not small terriers or specialist rat-dog breeds like that.
??
My dogs do a better job at catching rats than my cat. Back in the West I favored cats, it's the opposite now.
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AndyKK wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:07 pm 100,000 street dog of the city Phnom Penh.
How are there 100,000 street dogs? I have rarely seen any.
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John Bingham wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:20 am
AndyKK wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 4:07 pm 100,000 street dog of the city Phnom Penh.
How are there 100,000 street dogs? I have rarely seen any.
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