A brutal fight with poachers is not yet the main test in the life of huntsman Venka Egorov. His favorite dog, a half-wolf, becomes the leader of a pack of stray dogs. The pack is accused of cannibalism. An unprecedented hunt for “cannibals” with the participation of paratroopers on helicopters and snowmobiles is turning into a human tragedy... It is reported by the planet's leading news agencies...

Sergei Zhigalov is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia. Author of the books “In the Heat on Steep Ice”, “Don’t Let the Dog in the Minefield”, “Wolf Exterminators”, “Collecting Dolls in the Vicinity”. “Stray Dogs” is his first novel.

The dogs, scattered around the cemetery, again stretched out in a chain behind the leader... Lom got out of the cabin, the wind ruffled the hem of his long coat. He began to shoot at the she-wolf with a pistol. Out of fear, it seemed to him as if bullets were ricocheting off his sloping forehead, striking yellowish sparks. - Urine of the cannibal! - Shiloh yelled. The silver beast flickered with yellow pupils five steps away. One throw along the embankment and he will hang by his throat...