Pye-dog

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Pye-dog, Desi Kutta or sometimes pariah dog, is a term used to describe an ownerless, half-wild, free-ranging dog that lives in or close to human settlements throughout Asia. The term is derived from the Sanskrit para, which translates to "outsider".^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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The United Kennel Club uses the term pariah dog to classify various breeds in a sighthound and pariah group.^[5]

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In Israel
In Malaysia
In Sri Lanka
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↑ Dawkins, Richard (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. London: Bantum Press. p. 71. ISBN 9781409085874.
↑ "pye-dog". Chambers Dictionary . London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
↑ "pye-dog". Collins English Dictionary . Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
↑ Oxford University Press (2020). "pye-dog". Lexico.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
↑ "Breed Group Designations". United Kennel Club. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

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