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Topic: Dogs

SubscriberWrites: Mongrels are our ‘desi’ companions and deserve love too. Animal cruelty needs to be punished

Subscriber writes on how Indian breed of dogs are stereotyped and ignored over ‘imported, in-vouge’ breeds. But there is still hope.

Indians bit off more than they can chew. Many pandemic pet dogs homeless now

From an average of five adoptions a month in 2020, new homes for pets have fallen to just one or two now. Adoption agencies are toughening clauses.

Humid Goa and a dog in the ATM — How ‘Siddhi’ inspired me to start Welfare for Animals

In ‘The Book of Dog’, leading writers, from Jerry Pinto to Mark Tully and Aanchal Malhotra, write about the dogs in their lives.

The Book of Dog — Gulzar, Ruskin Bond & others share stories about furry friends in new book

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Book of Dog’, edited by Hemali Sodhi, will be released on 19 January at 7 pm on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

Dogs can smell everything and more. Even diseases like cancer

Dogs are able to detect cancer while it still hasn’t yet spread to other parts of the body. This means that people have a much greater chance of surviving.

‘In Re: Bruno’ — Kerala HC pays tribute to dog beaten to death, renames case after him

A black Labrador named Bruno was beaten to death by three people in Thiruvananthapuram Monday. Kerala HC took suo motu cognisance of the matter Thursday.

How rescue of Bengaluru’s Buddy whose owner, 87, died of Covid shows plight of pets in pandemic

Owners are either dying or abandoning pets due to Covid, and several animal rescue shelters ThePrint visited are stretched beyond capacity.

Another novel coronavirus detected in humans, and it likely came from dogs

A novel coronavirus was isolated from pneumonia patients in Malaysia in 2018. It could be the 8th coronavirus to have entered the human population but poses no pandemic risk yet.

Army to get Belgian Malinois, dog breed that helped in Osama raid, chased ISIS chief

The canines will be used for urban warfare and are being trained to carry out surveillance of rooms through head-mounted cameras and for scouting in the jungles.

Bird flu to cancer —How dogs and other animals sniff out sickness

Right now we don’t have devices that are as sensitive as animals with well-developed senses of smell.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.