Stray dogs in Moscow.

January 18, 2010 8:31 PM

The terrier was sporting a new green camouflage jacket as he walked with his owner through the crowded Mendeleyevskaya metro station. There they encountered Malchik, a black stray who had made the station his home, guarding it against drunks and other dogs. Malchik barked at the pair, defending his territory. But instead of walking away, Romanova reached into her pink rucksack, pulled out a kitchen knife and, in front of rush-hour commuters, stabbed Malchik to death. I found this to be a very interesting story about the the evolution of stray dogs in Moscow.
posted by Mr_Zero (9 comments total)

previously?
posted by hattifattener at 8:37 PM on January 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Damn it.
posted by Mr_Zero at 8:40 PM on January 18, 2010

no children are gonna be crying when this puppy thread is put to sleep.
posted by porn in the woods at 8:53 PM on January 18, 2010

Speak for yourself. I'm sobbing like a baby.
posted by Bromius at 9:02 PM on January 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

IME Armenian street dogs are 10X smarter than my yellow lab.
posted by k8t at 9:03 PM on January 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

I'm barking up the wrong thread here.
posted by hypersloth at 9:14 PM on January 18, 2010

Let sleeping dogs lie.
posted by zoinks at 9:19 PM on January 18, 2010

I cannot believe the FPP did not point out that the linked article discusses stray dogs figuring out how to use a city's Metro system. They're goddamn public transit users. Dogs, riding the fucking subway. And all I can think about is all those Sci-Fi settings where humans are running around using wormholes built by The Originators or whatever that author wanted to call the unfathomable super-aliens from the dawn of time...
posted by Tomorrowful at 9:21 PM on January 18, 2010 [3 favorites]

What an amazing article. Somehow very Russian.
posted by Artw at 9:26 PM on January 18, 2010