[HN Gopher] The dogs of Chernobyl: Insights into populations in ...
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       The dogs of Chernobyl: Insights into populations in the nuclear
       exclusion zone
        
       Author : IndrekR
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2024-12-03 15:07 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | jgrahamc wrote:
       | When I was there I met some of these dogs. Here are a couple of
       | photos of the very friendly pooches: https://imgur.com/a/8vsKxzp
        
         | dgb23 wrote:
         | Beautiful creatures! It's interesting that they converged
         | towards that rugged but still very dog-ish appearance.
        
       | IntStorage wrote:
       | *Chornobyl
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       | https://insp.pnnl.gov/-chorninit-spelling.htm#:~:text=The%20....
        
         | silvestreh wrote:
         | Both spellings are correct--they're just in different
         | languages. Chernobil (Spanish) is also correct, but you
         | probably wouldn't point it out because it's not Russian.
        
           | dagenleg wrote:
           | And I'm sure you see that there might me somewhat of a slight
           | issue with calling Ukrainian cities in Russian, considering
           | the political situation.
        
             | ralfd wrote:
             | Considering how the war is going for Ukraine we can just
             | keep using the Russian spelling ...
        
               | outworlder wrote:
               | This is not a place for political propaganda. The war is
               | far from decided.
        
       | ulrischa wrote:
       | Since 2017, organizations like the Clean Futures Fund have been
       | providing veterinary care, including vaccination, spaying, and
       | neutering, to manage the dog population and reduce disease
       | transmission risks
        
       | georgeecollins wrote:
       | I want to hear about the cats of Chernobyl! I read in a book that
       | "domesticated" cats are essentially the same as wild cats, they
       | just have different habits because of the way they are raised.
       | That suggests to me that in the absence of a human population
       | (and the right climate) some would survive in the wild.
        
         | trhway wrote:
         | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832311/ (
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaUNhqnpiOE )
         | 
         | "It's been over 20 years since the meltdown at the Chernobyl
         | nuclear power plant. ...
         | 
         | This documentary shows a family of cats whose mother once lived
         | with the former inhabitants of the zone. "
        
         | ftrobro wrote:
         | Domesticated cats survive so well in the wild that they have
         | eradicated several other animal species:
         | 
         | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats-kill-a-stagg...
        
       | trhway wrote:
       | >Of all Chernobyl dog populations, dogs from Slavutych show the
       | greatest haplotype sharing with purebred dogs, particularly with
       | the Labrador retriever, boxer, and Yorkshire terrier
       | 
       | While i can understand Labrador and boxer, where is the Yorkshire
       | comes from? For anybody who remembers dogs in 1986 in USSR you
       | can hardly remember seeing any Yorkshire (or any other small
       | breed really).
        
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