As many as 50,000 stray dogs roam the streets and vacant homes of bankrupt Detroit, replacing residents, threatening humans who remain and overwhelming the city's ability to find them homes or peaceful deaths.
Dens of as many as 20 canines have been found in homes in the community of about 700,000 that once pulsed with 1.8 million people. One officer in the police department's skeleton animal-control unit recalled a pack splashing away in a basement that flooded when thieves ripped out water pipes. "The dogs were having a pool party," said Lapez Moore, 30. "We went in and fished them out."
The city of Detroit has gone through a major economic and demographic decline in recent decades. The city popuationhas fallen from a high of 1,850,000 in 1950 to 701,000 in 2013. The automobile industry in Detroit has suffered from global competition and has moved much of the remaining production out of Detroit. Some of the highest crime rates in the US are now occurring in Detroit, and huge areas of the city are in a state of severe urban decay. In 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history.
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