A video of a police officer rescuing a dog after it accidentally fell into a lake is doing the rounds of social media. The 15-second clip was posted on Twitter by The Feel Good Page and has gone viral with almost one lakh views so far. What Does the Viral …
Read More »Three Men Rescue Pet Dog from Leopard in Pune
A 60-year-old physically challenged farmer and two others from his family risked their own lives to rescue their pet dog, a Dobermann, from the jaws of a leopard at Kandali village, about 6km from Narayangaon in Junnar taluka. The incident occurred at around 5.15 am on Saturday. Ashok Bhade, who …
Read More »Auto Driver Refuses To Leave Pet Dog When at Work, Wins Hearts
Harvinder Singh, an auto-rickshaw driver, recently gained a lot of popularity online after a Facebook user posted a picture of him with his dog, Ronnie. The post explained how, while Singh was out working, he had no one to take care of his dog. That’s when he decided to take …
Read More »Stray Dog Attacked near BITS Campus
Animal activists have been seething over the shocking incident of alleged cruelty to stray dogs inside the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad campus. Sources from the campus and animal activists shared some pictures of one rescued dog with TOI on Monday, which showed a deep cut …
Read More »Sniffer Dog Awarded ‘Cop of the Month’ After she Solved a Royal Palace Robbery Case
When two expensive silver trays went missing from a royal palace in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh recently, it was Ruby, a police tracker dog, who came to the rescue. With her trained nose, she helped the police department find them. The sniffer dog is so good at her job …
Read More »Pet Dog Tied To Car And Dragged On Road, Man arrested in Kerala
In an act of cruelty, a pet dog was tied to a car and dragged along a road by a man to be abandoned in the wild but freed after a passerby confronted him near here in Ernakulam district on Friday. The passerby, an eye-witness, took a video of the …
Read More »Medical Negligence at Parel Centre killed Dog, Alleges Activist
A city-based animal activist has complained to the administration of Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) in Parel alleging that an ailing dog he had admitted there died due to ‘medical negligence’ within 24 hours. “On December 1, I had admitted a female dog to the …
Read More »Dog Mentioned by PM Modi in ‘Mann ki Baat’ Breathes last in Meerut, Cremated with Full Honour
A dog that had been abandoned during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Meerut and was being looked after by the PAC breathed its last on Tuesday. The dog that had been mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ breathed its last in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. …
Read More »Pet Lover in Coimbatore Designs Wheelchair for Disabled Dog
Veera, a four-year-old dog in Coimbatore, which used to hobble along due to injuries in its legs, has now got a wheelchair, custom made for it by an animal lover who has adopted him. Moved by the plight of Veera, whose hind legs were disabled possibly due to animal abuse, …
Read More »Bengaluru Civic Body uses Mobile App to Map Vaccinated Stray Dogs
BBMP has initiated a new drive to map stray dogs in its wards to ensure they are vaccinated against rabies. It has joined hands with World Wide Veterinary Services, a global NGO, and will use the latter’s mobile application for the purpose. Officials will capture an image of the dog …
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