I was saying that the dogs are not wild because some of them were abandoned, all of them have various levels of contact with people, a lot of them are fed by people. I wouldn’t call the dogs ‘feral’ either since they live in a city and not in the wilderness – as the Dingo- and don’t generally hunt. By ‘wild dog’ I understand species such as the African wild dog.

While I do understand your surprise I want to add that Bucharest’s ‘dog problem’ is mentioned in pretty much every travel guide about Romania I’ve read. Hope your trip was not all negative.

I was saying that the dogs are not wild because some of them were abandoned, all of them have various levels of contact with people, a lot of them are fed by people. I wouldn’t call the dogs ‘feral’ either since they live in a city and not in the wilderness – as the Dingo- and don’t generally hunt. By ‘wild dog’ I understand species such as the African wild dog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_hunting_dog

While I do understand your surprise I want to add that Bucharest’s dog problem is mentioned in pretty much every Bucharest travel guide I’ve read. Hope your trip was not all negative.

I was there for a work conference a few weeks back. I’d expected the ‘interesting’ architecture, but the ubiquitous packs of dogs were a real surprise.

Now, if they could only do something about the packs of wild dogs roaming the streets…

An apple in Bucureşti costs not much more than an apple in London or San Francisco. However, apples in Sao Paulo are much more expensive.