Namibia

The pariah dogs of the Himba people of Namibia have been the subject of heated debate over the past century. Negative descriptions of the dogs by cynologists were actually biased representations of the views they had toward their owners. The dogs are never assigned a duty, they come to their tasks on their own, and they are varied whether it be tending the cattle, finding worms with the children, or defending the women from snakes.

WARNING: Gross out moment? Among the Turkana tribe in east Africa, dogs guard the children often tidying up after them by eating baby feces and even licking them clean. GROSS!!!

I’m showing my ignorance here, but Namibia only became independent from South Africa in 1990?! Why do I not remember this? Namibia has been a country for as long as I can remember.


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