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A 40-year-old man who allegedly sodomized a female stray dog, in the Indian state of Maharashtra’s Thane district, last week, was arrested only after tweets about the incident went viral. Indian news websites reported the incident on Saturday, and angry Twitter users and animal rights activists are sharing the story, …

There are more than 253 million visually impaired people worldwide, yet only a small proportion uses a guide dog to get around, the remaining majority rely on white canes. For some, not having a service dog is a choice as they are content with navigating their surroundings using other methods, …

One person has been arrested and another accused is on the run from the Pune rural police after cannabis worth Rs 86 lakh was found at a residence in Kamshet. Dhanaji Vitthal Jite (48), a resident of Taje, Maval, Pune, has been arrested, while Santosh Ramchandra Walunj, a resident of …

Sniffer dogs in Finland have been trained to detect coronavirus. As per researchers at the University of Helsinki, dogs successfully trained to identify the prevalence of COVID-19. Normally, the presence of coronavirus is being found through either blood testing antibodies or PCR tests via nasal swab. Researchers in Finland reportedly …

Acting on specific complaints, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has asked the ministry of electronics & IT to stop e-commerce portals from trading in live animals without being registered under existing rules for pet shops. Flagging violation of animal protection laws, the AWBI noted that various e-commerce companies …

A dog named Cleo who disappeared from her home in Kansas earlier this month turned up a few days later at her old home in Missouri, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) away. Colton Michael told television station KMBC that the 4-year-old Labrador retriever-border collie mix showed up on the front …

‘Hole in one’ is a friendly mutt who can be found at the 18 fairway. ‘Caddy girl’ roams freely around the caddy area, but has a cautious temperament. And ‘white line’ can be found lurking near hole no. 2 and is the least interested in interacting with golfers. These four-legged …

A study published earlier this year claiming the coronavirus (Covid-19) may have jumped from dogs to humans is scientifically flawed, offering no direct evidence to support its conclusions, say, researchers. “During this time of Covid-19 we are seeing people publish things that make wild leaps to conclusions that are not …

Police in Chile is training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs three golden retrievers and a labrador are between the ages of four and five. Until now they have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives, and …

Changing human flux and urban landscape has a significant influence on the personality and psyche of stray / free-ranging or street dogs in India, a recent study by the Dog Lab at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata has said. India’s free-ranging dogs comprise about 80 …