Kolkata: She had been tipped to sniff her way to praise. But even before Bella could get an opportunity to prove her mettle, the cream-colored Labrador – barely 18 months old – was struck by a rare eye disease, leaving her sidelined and putting a question mark on her career. …
Read More »Sniffer Dog ‘Spike’ Part Of Nashik Bomb Squad Given Heartwarming Farewell
A sniffer dog named ‘Spike’ who was a part of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of Maharashtra’s Nashik City Police Force recently retired after completing 11 years of service. As the service dog reached the day – February 24 – when he was finally going to be retired, …
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 »Finland Deploys Coronavirus-sniffing Dogs at Airport to Detect Infection
Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-friendly and quick way to identify infected travelers. Four dogs of different breeds trained by Finlands Smell Detection Association started working Wednesday at the Helsinki …
Read More »Stray Dog Makes It To India’s Elite Sniffer Dog Squad
A classic underdog story! It has been just 18 months since this stray dog was rescued from stone-throwing children. In this period, she completed her journey from a street-dwelling mongrel to becoming India’s top dog in the country’s elite bomb and drug sniffing dog squad. She has been named “Asha,” …
Read More »Dog Show Organized In Kapurthala, Punjab
Recently, a dog show was organized in the Science city, Kapurthala on 28 January. Mohammad Tayyab, Deputy Commissioner of the Kapurthala, was the chief guest of the show. Mr. Mohammad said that dogs not only offered love and affection to humans, but also worked side by side with humans for …
Read More »A Sniffer Dog Killed In Maoist Blast In Jharkhand
Recently, a sniffer dog of the CRPF’s CoBRA battalion was killed in an IED blast during a search operation for Maoists in the jungles of Latehar in Jharkhand. Sniffer dog killed A Belgian Shepherd named Aminika which was part of a CoBRA unit involved in a search operation to nab …
Read More »Popular Sniffer Dog Siddhi From Navi Mumbai’s BDDS To Retire Soon
Siddhi, one of the most popular police sniffer dogs from Navi Mumbai’s Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) is going to retire soon. Siddhi is a female Labrador who’s going to turn 10 years old this year!
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