Today is World Stray Animal Day! We humans are capable of domesticating animals and subsequently abandoning them on the streets, leading to an ever-growing population of stray and feral animals. We can’t undo …
Tag: dogs
Challenging beliefs – #5 Stray dogs are aggressive and vicious
People have a common belief that stray animals are vicious and dirty. In the various countries I lived, I have noticed a clear preference for ‘purebred’ dogs, thinking that they are better behaved …
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Challenging beliefs – #4: Dogs are ‘just animals’
“Why do you care so much? They are just animals!” I cannot count how many times I have heard this phrase from people. To claim that animals are ‘just things’ shows, in my …
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Challenging beliefs – #2: Small dogs are easier/calmer than big dogs
Size does not matter. When I had my hyper Egyptian mutt, people would often say how a smaller dog would be easier as they are calmer. Even though my dog was big and …
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Cats and dogs in Egypt
A few days ago, I wrote about dog breeding and how it is mostly detrimental to the dogs’ well-being and overall welfare of dogs. In this post, I will demonstrate how dog and …
How I hate (most) dog breeders (while loving certain dog breeds)
I love dogs. I think I love dogs more than most things in life. And while I love all dogs, there are particular breeds that I love more than others. The gentle giant …
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Egypt – the story so far…
People who know me personally have probably realised that Egypt has not been easy on me. From the moment of arrival until now, exactly four months and two days later, there have been …
Things I love and hate in Egypt
It has been a little more than two months since I moved to Cairo, Egypt. I am still not sure what to think of the place, but there are some clear things I …
