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As coronavirus forces billions of people around the world into lockdown, another sizeable population has also been hard hit - stray animals.
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While pet owners in many countries are still allowed to walk their dogs, thousands of other animals - the exact numbers are unknown - are starving and turning feral.
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The mass closure of restaurants has also deprived hungry animals of leftover meals, forcing them to take greater risks.
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For many, the restrictions are tantamount to a death sentence.
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Police personnel providing food to a hungry stray dog on the fourth day of the lockdown announced for the entire country, in Kochi.
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A stray dog digs trash next to a woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Valparaiso, Chile.
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A homeless woman and stray dogs sit beneath a bridge as it rains during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai.
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An Indian paramilitary soldier feed stray dogs during a continue lock down in Srinagar.
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A pharmacy store owner feeds a stray dog during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Siliguri.
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A man feeds stray dogs on a deserted street of a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Allahabad.
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Greek volunteer of Nine Lives network Eleni Kefalopoulou feeds cats in Athens.
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A man wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic rides a a bicycle past a stray dog in front of the Arbil citadel.
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Greek volunteer of Nine Lives network Eleni Kefalopoulou feeds cats in Athens.
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A man feeds stray dogs during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Thane.
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A stray cat feeds on dry kibble in the middle of an empty street usually packed with tourists by the citadel of Arbil.
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A man feeds stray animals during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic in New Delhi.
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A stray dog is fed with kibble donated by animal rights activists, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia.
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Tatiana Aguayo, 35, animal rights activist, feeds stray dogs wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia.
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Greek volunteer of Nine Lives network Eleni Kefalopoulou feeds cats in Athens.
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Palestinian Hiba Junaidi wearing protective gloves and mask amid the COVID-19 outbreak, feeds stray cats she cares for in her house's backyard which she had turned into a shelter, near the West Bank city of Hebron.
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A stray dog sitting in front of a supermarket in hope to get some food looks at a man wearing a face mask, amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, passing by in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
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A stray dog sits on a deserted road during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kolkata.
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A member of Istanbul Metropolitan municipality feeds stray cats near empty Hagia Sophia square in Istanbul.
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Stray dogs rest under the wheels of hand-pulled rickshaws on a deserted road during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kolkata.
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A stray dog walks on a deserted street of a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Allahabad.
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