In continuation of its efforts to save wildlife on campus, IITMadras has begun microchipping stray dogs to prevent unauthorized entry of new ones. A third-party agency, Jeevakarunya Animal Welfare Charitable Trust, has been entrusted with the task of microchipping the dogs after obtaining approval from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …

Lola, who was trained to help her Michigan owner in case of seizure, vanished from a fenced yard in 2017 A whiff of her old blanket was enough for Lola: the black lab was back in her owners’ arms three years after the Michigan dog disappeared on a trip to …

As Hurricane Delta closed in on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, Ricardo Pimentel opened his home – to about 300 dogs. There were plenty of other critters too: dozens of cats were harbored in his son’s room; his daughter’s room served as a refuge for chicks, bunnies and even a hedgehog; a …

Steve Lindsay, a public health entomologist at Durham University, is midway through explaining how dogs might play a role in detecting COVID-19 infections when a decidedly less-well trained canine interrupts our conversation. “If you’ll excuse me for a minute, I’ve got a naughty black Labrador out in the back garden …

In a two-hour long surgery, tumour weighing 700grams was removed from the neck of a stray dog. According to Dr P Biju, the tumour which was hanging on the ventral side of the neck was a life threatening one as the animal could not consume food. The surgery was successful …

A recruitment notice by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi for the position of a dog handler had created quite a buzz on social media. Issuing a clarification, the institute said it had canceled the current recruitment process after the error was brought to the notice of higher authorities …

The research described in this article has been published on a preprint server but has not yet been peer-reviewed by scientific or medical experts. During the current coronavirus pandemic, one of the riskiest parts of a health care worker’s job is assessing people who have symptoms of Covid-19. Researchers from …

An officer with the police dog squad was about to adopt Koovi when the department decided to adopt her. Ajith Madhavan was understandably disheartened when he learned that he would not be able to bring Koovi home. Koovi, the dog who found the dead body of her two-year-old owner Dhanushka …

Fifteen stray dogs were found dead at Indira Nagar in Kanuvai. Residents believe they were poisoned to death. The dogs were found lying dead, frothing from the mouth within meters of each other, and on three different roads, residents informed the Pannimadai panchayat and police. One stray dog is alive …

This is the story of four dogs, and while, like all dog stories, it is about love, devotion, and duty, it isn’t a happy one. The four dogs have been a constant presence at Rajamalai in Kerala’s Idukki district, the site of a landslide that has claimed at least 45 …