The dogs of Chernobyl and the guards who care for them.

[Catherine]

It has been 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The pet dogs that were abandoned are now long gone and so are their immediate descendants.  The dogs that live there now are generations away from them. They have never been pets and they see few humans. Mostly they see the guards who control the checkpoints in and out of the exclusion zone. They have built up relationships with the guards and the guards with them. The guards help feed them and care for them, but they are not actually pets. The dogs are not feral, but they are not domesticated. It is an interesting situation with dogs and humans interacting under unusual circumstances. 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210...doned-dogs

This situation definitely deserves more study. I believe some of the dogs in the area have been rescued and homes have found for them. Those are dogs that are essentially domesticated. The dogs that are interacting with the guards  have a different attitude.  They appreciate the help, but they are not looking for rescue. 
They are Chernobyl dogs and they will remain Chernobyl dogs. They still seem to want to interact with humans. This is interesting and I wonder what the next few years will show us. Many of these dogs will be gone and there will be a new generation. We will just have to wait and see what happens.