In Moscow, Stray Dogs are Part of the Scene

While stray dogs keep a low profile in U.S. cities, Moscow strays travel on the subway, cross the street at the lights, and have special skills for begging from strangers. See the dogs in their environment in this video.

Wall Street Journal: In Moscow's Metro, a Stray Dog's Life Is Pretty Cushy, and Zoologists Notice, 2008-May-20, by Mark Schoofs: Strays have become master psychologists, says Andrei Poyarkov, 54, the dean of Moscow's stray-dog researchers. "The dogs know Muscovites better than Muscovites know the dogs."