Humanity’s best friend: A dog-centric approach to addressing global challenges

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: Sykes, Naomi, Beirne, Piers, Horowitz, Alexandra, Jones, Ione, Kalof, Linda, Karlsson, Elinor, King, Tammie, Litwak, Howard, McDonald, Robbie A., Murphy, Luke John, Stahl, Peter W., Tehrani, Jamshid, Tourigny, Eric, Wynne, Clive D. L., Strauss, Eric, Larson, Greger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Animals 2020
• Subjects: Strategic Development Goals; dog domestication; sustainable development; Grier; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/11786; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030502

No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs and the environments in which humans and dogs have...