51.   Nights were punctuated by bursts of gunfire and the barking of stray dogs, once pets, now traveling in wild packs.

52.   Officials said the stray dog population is concentrated in South Central Los Angeles and the east and north San Fernando Valley.

53.   Not too many years ago, only the rats and stray dogs were fighting for homes in this neighborhood.

54.   Once, she remembers, a poor man in the village killed and ate a stray dog.

55.   Or a pack of stray dogs may be disputing ownership of a garbage heap.

56.   People will be able to turn in stray dogs or cats there.

57.   Q. In light of the rabies problem, what should I do to help a stray dog or cat?

58.   Solicitations that once urged people to sponsor an impoverished child, or take home a stray dog, have given way to more esoteric appeals for adoption.

59.   Solicitations that once urged people to sponsor an impoverished child, or take home a stray dog, have given way to more esoteric appeals.

60.   Stray dogs pick through the garbage that is everywhere.