Lessons Without A Leash A new national-level ‘augmentation course’ has been introduced to make our canine soldiers smarter and teach them to listen and guard us better Arushi Bedi/ Photographs by Tribhuvan Tiwari MAN’S BEST DEFENCE An NSG commando and… Read More »Dogs in India Help the NSG Commandos
Where Pugs Rule the Racetrack Pugs enjoy a certain cultlike status in Germany, where their owners gather regularly to swap stories about the breed, and let the dogs compete to see who’s fastest. Or slowest. By Melissa Eddy/ Photographs by Lena… Read More »Pugs in Germany
Despite apparent aloofness, cats are social creatures capable of relationships with people, a new study suggests. Don’t let their faces fool you. Some cats do seem very bonded to owners, as many cat lovers attest. By Rachel Nuwer In the perennial… Read More »Cats Like People! (Some People, Anyway)
Three Billion Canaries in the Coal Mine What does it mean for us that birds are dying? And what can we do about it? By Margaret Renkl A Magnolia Warbler found recently on a suburban lawn in the northeast. During the… Read More »How to Help Birds Survive?
As with people, probably the most important measure for keeping dogs healthy and promoting a long, active and happy life is to keep them trim. By Jane E. Brody As Max the First neared his 17th birthday, we knew his days… Read More »Keeping an Older Dog Vibrant
Tigers at a reserve in the Indian state of Maharashtra last year. The country now has about 3,000 wild tigers, according to a new estimate. By Kai Schultz India’s population of endangered Bengal tigers is on the rise. According to a… Read More »India’s Wild Tiger Population on the Rise
Sometimes the interests of humans and animals are the same, but humans have to save the animals first. In Goa, about 40 percent of free-roaming dogs are too skittish to be easily handled. A Mission Rabies team, trailed by reporter… Read More »Rabies Can be Controlled by Vaccinating the Dogs
Faiza Ilyas | Behram Baloch April 4, 2019 The 34-foot-long whale washed ashore dead on the beach in Gwadar. A 34-foot long whale that washed ashore dead on the beach in Gwadar in April 2019 was quietly buried by municipality workers before… Read More »Whale Found Washed Ashore on Gwadar Beach
It Is A Woofderful Life A dog’s house is his castle—almost literally. Bombay House, the 94-year-old building that serves as the Tata Group’s global HQ, has been a comfortable den for stray dogs for decades. When Ratan Tata became chairman… Read More »Tata Group’s HQ for Stray Dogs
Never leave a snake wounded. So goes an old Assamese saying. Get it treated, we would say. That’s what vets at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University did when foresters brought an injured five-and-half-feet Indian rock python. The poor… Read More »Never Leave a Snake Wounded
