‘Now people stop to ask their names and even stroke them’: Nigerians embrace dogs as pets

E very weekend in Lagos, 36-year-old Izien Aigbodion walks down his street with his three dogs – a poodle and two chow chows. Neighbours and passersby, more used to seeing dogs in cages than walking on leashes beside their owners, stop to stare. In Nigeria, where dogs have long been viewed mainly a...

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