Indian beach dog

Description:

Slim, white through yellow to dark brown. Up to one metre long and up to 0.7 metres tall.

Habitat:

Fringe urban, rural areas.. usually near human activity.

Notes:

The free-ranging dogs of India seem to me to have some of the characteristics of Australian dingo. Something in the way they move, fold, lie down, howl in big groups, and their colour and proportions and sleek head shape. They may have a recent common ancestor..... "In India, the local landrace, known as the Indian pariah dog, has been estimated to have existed for perhaps 14,000 years or more. Part of the urban population consists of mongrels or mix-breeds–descended from pure-breed dogs that have been allowed to interbreed with pariahs. Urban India has two features which create and sustain street dog populations: Large amounts of exposed garbage, which provide an abundant source of food, and a huge population of slum and street-dwellers whose way of life includes keeping the dogs as free-roaming pets. For example, Mumbai has over 12 million human residents, of whom over half are slum-dwellers. At least 500 tons of garbage remain uncollected daily. Therefore, conditions are perfect for supporting a particularly large population of stray dogs. " - Wikipedia