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, …
Read More »Dog Squad Helps Pune Rural Police Seize Drugs Worth ₹86 Lakh
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 …
Read More »Sniffer Dogs can Nose out Coronavirus? Researcher Claims ‘with greater reliability than PCR Tests’
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 …
Read More »No Evidence to Support Covid-19 Spread from Stray Dogs to Humans
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 …
Read More »Chilean Police Train Dogs to Sniff out Covid-19
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 …
Read More »Human Influx Affects Stray Dog Behaviour in India
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 …
Read More »Animal Activists Travel 150 km to Rescue Dog from Borewell
Seeing an animal in distress may tug at your heartstrings, but very few go out of their comfort zone to pull them out of misery. In one such case, a team of five animal activists from Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS) traveled over 150 km from Hyderabad to Narayan Thanda …
Read More »One dog year is not equal to seven human years | Study
Dogs do not simply age at seven times the rate of humans, scientists have found in a study that reveals young dogs might be “older” than previously thought. The findings suggest a one-year-old puppy is actually about 30 in “human years” – an age when humans, at least, might be …
Read More »Municipal Corporation to Sterilize Stray Dogs in Karnal
With the increasing number of stray dogs and over 600 dog bite cases per month reported at Civil Hospital, the municipal corporation (MC) has decided to sterilize the canine population. The process of the survey has begun and it is expected that the sterilization campaign will start on July 10. …
Read More »Despite Covid-19, The Controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival Kicks Off in China
Well, it seems like the Chinese don’t like to learn from their mistakes! That’s why the controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival, where thousands of dogs are beaten and killed, has kicked off in China despite protests from animal rights activists. Not just them, the Chinese government has also discouraged the …
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