People who are infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 have a distinct odour that can be detected by trained dogs with a high degree of accuracy, according to new research in the UK.
Over 200 stray dogs have died in the last three days in Bishnupur town in West Bengal's Bankura district, triggering panic among the people, officialssaid on Friday. While 60 dogs died on Tuesday, 97 were found dead on Wednesday and 45 on Thursday, they said.
A Noida-based organisation is running a shelter home for dogs in Sector 127 providing respite to street canines in the city.
Bhubaneswar city based organisation, 'Speak for Animals' organised a three day adoption campaign for animals who have been victims of cruelty or road mishaps.
About 4,000 dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals, believed to have been bought online as pets, were found dead in boxes in China, an animal welfare group said on Thursday.
A 70-year-old poor lady pets more than 60 dogs in Kerala's Kottayam irrespective of her low income. Rukminiamma lives near Kodimatha Kottayam on road side in a small house.
Moradabad Municipal Corporation conducted a drive to sterilize stray dogs. Corporation Commissioner Sanjay Chauhan said, "This is being done to deal with stray dog menace in the city and to control their birth."
A drone video of two fierce Saluki dogs chasing a rabbit has gone viral on the Internet. The video is thrilling and makes the heart race faster. The shot has been taken from a drone and has triggered myriad reactions from Twitterati.
A study published earlier this year claiming the coronavirus (Covid-19) may have jumped from dogs to humans is scientifically flawed, offering no direct evidence to support its conclusions, say researchers.
A lot of people measure the age of their dogs in human years. And to do so they multiply the dog's age by 7. This method has been discarded by the researchers who have come up with a new way to determine the age of your dog in human years.
For the findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers wanted to know how dogs take chances to rescue their owners.
Relaxations in lockdown norms has enabled people to feed stray who were going hungry.
A trial in the UK to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin, it was reported on Saturday.
Scientists in the US say they are training dogs to identify COVID-19 in humans by sniffing out the disease in saliva and urine samples.
Amid the lockdown, a video surfaced on the internet in which a man in Agra can be seen collecting spilt milk from the street while dogs feed on the same.
The 21-day lockdown has led to subtle behavioural changes in stray dogs and has plunged them into a state of confusion, animal behaviourists in Delhi say.
The puppies were killed and dumped in plastic bags in the parking area of the hospital. The incident had caused a massive public outcry.
A newly born baby girl wrapped completely in a polythene bag was pulled out of a drain by some stray dogs in Kaithal district of Haryana this morning, the police said. The dogs started yelping, which altered passers-by.
Students have classes, exams and so many other pressures common in modern life and now researchers have found that petting dogs and cats can improve students' mood with stress-relieving physiological benefits, a study shows.
Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than humans', making them highly sensitive to odours we can not perceive.
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