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Teen’s death highlights free-roaming dogs on Navajo Nation land

An estimated 250,000 of the animals referred to as “rez dogs” roam unchecked — sometimes with deadly consequences.

(Jim Weber | Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) Navajo Nation Animal Control Officer Gregory Pahe resets a trap after capturing a young stray during a roundup of stray dogs in the small community of Sundance on the Navajo Nation reservation near Gallup, N.M., on June 15, 2021.