Cursed

When it comes to the endless proliferation of stray and feral dogs, while this isn’t always the case for many countries I still strongly suspect that both ecology and geography (especially geographical distance) are also partly to blame. Poverty, bad ownership practises and living in villages, compounds and farms (or near them) is one thing, being unable to access to better vets is another matter. Again this isn’t always the case but especially so for Russia and Australia where you have stray and feral dogs around.

Both of them are mostly uninhabitable, harsh terrains where well-meaning dog (and cat) owners are rendered powerless. Very vast harsh terrains too. While not always the case, especially for cats (and sometimes dogs if you will), these are perfect breeding grounds for persistent feral dog populations. (Same for Mongolia which has been cited as where dog domestication began.) I guess it also similarly goes for cats, especially farm cats where their owners also consider sterilisation but can’t always afford or find better vets.

Such things are hard to come by at times, thus such circumstances may arguably be cursed when it comes to stray cats and dogs.