It was a sunny mid-December day in Westfield, Ind., and the iced-over pond across the street from David Fisher’s home was starting to melt when his son rushed in from the driveway. A large dog had fallen in the pond while chasing geese, Mr. Fisher’s 19-year-old son, Felix, said. The dog’s owners, a mother and … Read more
The BBMP’s Animal Husbandry Department organised the Festival of Dogs (Kukur Tihar), to celebrate its initiative of feeding stray dogs in select areas across eight zones in Bengaluru on October 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) launched a pilot project on Thursday (October 17, 2024) to provide food … Read more
“Dogs are more often than not looked at negatively with main focus on dog bites and fear of attacks, while most of the dogs are very loyal, obedient, protective and a beautiful companion for humans,” a press statement from the BBMP said. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to celebrate ‘Festival of Dogs’ … Read more
The draft Tamil Nadu Dog Breeding Policy has strictly prohibited the breeding of at least nine cold climate dog breeds, which it says cannot withstand the weather in the country. It has said that female dogs âshall not be mated after the age of eightâ. Though it allows âout-breeding and line-breedingâ, the policy restricts âin-breedingâ. … Read more
Masked men opened fire on about 20 stray dogs and shot them dead during the wee hours of February 16 in Ponnakal village in Addakal mandal of Mahabubnagar. Officials said that the incident was reported in the village located about two kilometres from the national highway. The individuals involved in the shooting, who reportedly used … Read more
Taking objection to Minister K.T. Rama Rao’s ‘objectionable’ comments on Congress leaders quoting a Telugu poem in the Assembly on Saturday, Congress leaders accused Speaker P. Srinivas Reddy of encouraging the Ministers to be abusive rather than controlling the Ministers. Speaking to reporters after the Assembly was adjourned, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, MLAs D. Sreedhar … Read more
CNN — Authorities in Hong Kong have raided a shop suspected of selling dog and cat meat as food – more than 70 years after the trade was outlawed. Officers seized “suspected samples of dog or cat flesh” at a shop in the Yau Ma Tei district during a “joint blitz operation” by the city’s … Read more
Move over kids, pets are here to stay! With more and more millennials and Gen Z folks eschewing or delaying having children, pets are making themselves at home. According to Statista, an online platform specialising in market and consumer data, the population of pet dogs in India was about 19.5 million in 2018. But then … Read more
Seoul, South Korea CNN — A pair of dogs gifted by North Korea are the center of a political dispute in South Korea after the country’s former President said he was giving them up over an apparent lack of legal and financial support from his successor to care for the animals. The two white Pungsan … Read more
