The population of rare snow leopards in Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand is facing an existential challenge as dogs in the park attack the base of their prey. The State Forest Department is now planning to sterilise the dogs in the national park to prevent the depletion of food stock for snow leopards in Gangotri National Park.
The Odisha Government has decided to launch a sterilization drive of stray dogs under Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme with renewed vigour to curb the aggressive behavioural instinct in canine species and put brakes on cases of rabies.
According to a study of rabies trends, using data from the National Health Profile (NHP), a collection of state-wise monthly health condition reports, 2,863 rabies cases in India were reported between 2005 and 2020.
Researchers at the University of Bristol revealed that feeding dogs raw meat increases their chances of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.
Dogs can be a faster, more precise and less expensive method of detecting Covid-19 than even the best current technology…
Following the Thakurganj incident last month, in which a little girl was mauled to death by stray dogs, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has increased its efforts to sterilise stray canines.
Are dogs genetically programmed to be sensitive?
Some of the people in the negative group had common cold viruses, to make sure the dogs were able to distinguish Covid from other respiratory infections. The dogs were able to sniff out the disease even when it was caused by different variants.
A responsible pet parent always takes care to feed the pet the right meal, but the festive time does allow for many a slip in the diet plan.
The researchers explored this factor in control tests -- tests that were lacking in previous studies.
