Tag Archives: Indian Dogs

A countrywide lockdown announced by the government to fight COVID-19 left the stray canines in distress. With resources less for even humans, it is a very critical time for these stray dogs as they are exposed to a severe shortage of food. In a unique endeavor, Indore Municipal Corporation has ...

Within days of the COVID-19 outbreak, hundreds of pets in Mumbai became strays. People started abandoning their loved dogs and cats on the streets when nobody was watching. Why? Because of the World Health Organisation, WHO, the international agency which is spearheading the fight against the pandemic put out on ...

Scientists tracing signatures of the novel coronavirus across different species have proposed that stray dogs — specifically dog intestines — may have contributed to the origin of the pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, many animals, beginning with snakes and most recently, pangolins, ...

Twitter is a place that is filled with bizarre videos. Time and again, we come across one that makes our jaws hit the floor with astonishment. There are a few animals that can jump really high but have you ever seen a dog nailing a high jump? This one-of-a-kind video ...

Wisconsin authorities investigating fatal dog and wildlife poisonings near the border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula say the death of a 3-year-old German shepherd earlier this month is the latest believed linked to the rash of cases. The dog was on a leash and being walked by its owners on public ...

The shocking news comes out from Hyderabad, that Proving its faithfulness to man, a pet dog sacrificed its own life to save its owner from a poisonous snake. The owner was sleeping when the dog, a Pomeranian, engaged a snake that had slithered into the house. The incident occurred in ...

After Shenzhen’s ban on the consumption of dog and cat meat, more heartening news come from China as its Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has for the first time ever explicitly stated that dogs [and cats] are “companion animals who are not for eating”, in what has been hailed ...

It was legal to test cosmetics on animals in India until 2013. After a sustained push for years by animal welfare NGOs, India rolled out a series of rules and regulations that effectively outlawed the testing of cosmetics and its ingredients on animals, then the import of animal-tested cosmetics, and ...

Dogs today reported that the city of Shenzhen, in southern China’s Guangdong province, might become the first in the country to ban the consumption of dog and cat meat following a food safety legislative proposal. The groundbreaking law has been passed and it will be effective from 1 May 20. ...

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes — this one just happens to have four legs and a furry coat. Dr. Wynn, a service dog in training, is bringing joy and comfort to the medical staff on the front lines of the coronavirus fight in Denver. The one-year-old yellow Labrador ...