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TopicStray dogs

Topic: stray dogs

SubscriberWrites: Understanding stray dogs, being prepared key to reducing attacks on people

Dogs only have body language and understanding them calls for patience and study, writes Chaitanya Nagar.

Child mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad, citizens urge govt to end ‘menace’

In a video clip of the incident, the canines are seen suddenly attacking the four-year-old boy while tailing him, following which he falls down. He was walking alone.

Delhi court orders police station to file FIR against cop for beating street dog last year

The order comes a year after advocate Gauri Puri first filed a complaint in the court when a video of the brutal assault was shared across social media.

2022 was the year they came for your dogs — govt, RWA, neighbours

Authorities must think before harassing and alienating innocent pets and their unwitting owners.

2 dog-bite deaths in 1 week — after Noida baby, Madhya Pradesh five-yr-old attacked by strays

The girl, from Madhya Pradesh's Bakawa village, lost her life Friday, after being attacked by half-a-dozen stray dogs. while on her way to pick up groceries from a neighbourhood store.

Kerala showed the first face-off between activists and dog killers. The fight is spreading

A 7-month-old boy in Noida died after being mauled by a stray dog. Now angry residents are looking at the ‘Kerala model’.

Middle-class Indians want dog-mukt smart cities. But it isn’t possible without mass killings

We live in high-rise apartments, called “colonies”, with separate elevators for residents on the one hand, and dogs and domestic staff on the other.

RWAs of Indian cities have declared a war on dogs. Pet lovers are on the back foot

While dog parents are feeling alienated in their high-rise societies and housing colonies, a new line of attack has been opened against people who feed stray dogs as well.

India last in first-ever pet homelessness index of 9 countries, Germany tops list

First-ever State of Pet Homelessness Index by American pet-care firm Mars has given India a score of 2.4, while Germany has scored 8.6, UK 7.0 and US 6.4.

A dog is made ferocious by circumstances & stray ones aren’t dangerous by nature: Kerala HC

A Kerala High Court bench said killing or maiming street dogs wasn't the way to make people safer and the better option was to rehabilitate the canines at animal shelters.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.