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Just a reminder.

How do you fend off a pack of stray Taiwanese dogs?

Riding my bike this weekend on the riverside park in Taipei and I passed maybe 10 meters away from a pack of stray (probably feral) dogs and they suddenly starting chasing and trying to attack me (they were not playing). I had no idea what to do, and I don’t think it was safe to stop and get off my bike, especially with four of them after me, so I just starting riding as fast as I could. Three of the dogs seemed to break off after 2 minutes or so but one kept up for another minute then broke off…