Died 11/21/22 Aaranyak, one of India’s biodiversity conservation organizations, on Tuesday, mourned the passing away of its first k9 unit member, Zorba. Zorba, the Belgian Malinois, was immensely instrumental in hunting down poachers in Assam.Due to his age and current health issues, he passed away last night.An internationally acclaimed rhino conservation and wildlife crime expert, Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, the …
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Nagpur Police Dog Rani Dies A dog attached to Nagpur city police, which helped solve several crimes, has died at the age of nine years and eight months, an official said on Sunday. Rani, a Labrador, was inducted into the force in 2013 from The Dog Training Center in Shivajinagar in Pune, he said. It was laid to rest with …
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Died – 11/16/22 Karimnagar police sniffer dog dies, final rites held with honors In a sad incident, the sniffer dog of the Karimnagar Police Commissionerate, Tyson, died of ill-health on Wednesday. Police Commissioner V Satyanarayana and other police officials paid tributes to the dog at the police headquarters. The final rites of Tyson were performed with police honors. Tyson, which …
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Died – 11/5/22 Handler – Constable M. Sasikumar Sniffer dog Simba succumbs to cancer in Vellore Sniffer dog Simba, a 10-year-old black Labrador Retriever, succumbed to liver cancer at the police dog squad unit in Vellore on Tuesday. An expert in crime detection and narcotics, Simba, who was an active member in the squad, was born in December 2012 and …
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Died 10/13/22 Indian Army’s assault dog ‘Zoom’ dies after fighting militants Army’s feisty assault canine Zoom lost its battle against the injuries on Thursday. Zoom was admitted at Armed Forces Veterinary Hospital, Srinagar on Monday after terrorists shot it twice. It was operated upon as it had a gunshot wound on the face and rear right leg. An officer in …
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Died 9 12/22 Sniffer dog Rana passes away in Visakhapatnam City police personnel have bid a tearful farewell to a sniffer canine Rana, which breathed its last here on Monday. Rana, a Labrador Retriever, joined the police force as specialist tracker during the year 2009 and offered its services to the department till September 9, 2022. During the last 12 …
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Died 9/3/22 Handler – Armed Head Constable Harish 11-yr-old police dog dies Eleven-year-old Geeta, a member of the Mangaluru City Police dog squad, died on Saturday.Geeta, a Labrador Retriever, was born in May 2011. It joined the city police dog squad three months later. It underwent one-year-long training at the facility in Bengaluru City Armed Reserve (South). Her handler was …
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Died – 8/26/22 “Tunga” of Lady Singam fame is no more Dog Tunga, who had helped the police to track down criminals in many important cases, died of illness on Friday.Doberman breed Tunga Dawan helped to detect more than 70 cases of murder and 35 cases of theft after coming to the line of dogs. Tunga, who has been in …
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Died – 8/25/22 Handler – handler J. Papa Rao Funeral of sniffer dog Rani done with police honors Krishna police performed the funeral of sniffer dog ‘Rani’ with police honours. The dog died of ill-health on Thursday. Superintendent of Police P. Joshua and other officers paid tributes to the canine, which served for around eight years in the department. “Rani …
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Rana, dog with Mumbai police’s bomb detection squad, dies Rana’, a Labrador serving with the Mumbai Police’s Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), died at a veterinary hospital at the age of seven, an official said on Thursday. The sniffer dog, who was inducted in the BDDS in 2016 and was involved in various operations such as scrutiny of bomb …
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