やけん

[野犬] ¶～がかぎ回っていた

The stray ［homeless］ dogs were smelling about.

野犬
stray dog
ownerless dog

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やけん【野犬】

¶～がかぎ回っていた

The stray ［homeless］ dogs were smelling about.

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やけん【野犬】

〔のら犬〕 a homeless [an ownerless] dog.

野犬化

●野犬化する return to a wild state; become feral

・野犬化した捨て犬 an abandoned dog that has gone feral

・無責任に捨てられた犬が野犬化して養鶏場を襲う事故が頻発している. There are frequent instances of irresponsibly abandoned dogs going feral and attacking poultry farms.

野犬狩り a roundup of [hunting up] homeless [ownerless] dogs.

●野犬狩りをする round [hunt] up homeless [ownerless] dogs.

野犬収容所 a dog pound.

野犬捕獲員 a dogcatcher.