‘Super Sniffer' dog squad to keep eye on cheetahs at Kuno National Park
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Super Sniffer' dog squad to keep eye on cheetahs at Kuno National Park

Hindustan Times  

A squad of 'super sniffer’ dogs is being trained to ensure the protection of the eight cheetahs that were released in the Kuno National Park recently. According to an ANI report, a five-month-old German Shepherd named 'Ilu' is being separately trained at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force's National National Training Centre to join the group. Watch | Inside view of customised jet used for bringing cheetahs home from Namibia She will be stationed on the national park's outskirts, alongside forest guards, to safeguard cheetahs and other wildlife from poachers. Seven decades after cheetahs became extinct in India, eight big cats were flown all the way from Namibia and welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17 in the park.

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Belgian Malinois breed sniffer dog joins forest dept's patrolling team in Pench Tiger Reserve
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Belgian Malinois breed sniffer dog joins forest dept's patrolling team in Pench Tiger Reserve

Hindustan Times  

Nagpur, Bela, a 9-month-old Belgian Malinois breed sniffer dog, has joined the Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra to assist the forest department's patrolling team in anti-snare and anti-electrocution operations. The reserve's deputy director, Prabhu Nath Shukla, in a press release on Saturday said that after six months of training, the sniffer dog, along with two handlers, has joined the Rapid …

K9 Squads Sniffing Out Drug Peddlers and Hideouts
11 months, 3 weeks ago

K9 Squads Sniffing Out Drug Peddlers and Hideouts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Constables Jenny, Max and Nelson along with their colleagues from the K9 squad conducted searches at pubs, bars and places that were hosting New Year parties to sniff for drugs. Accompanied by their handlers, these canines joined the police teams deployed to search possible locations of drug abuse, including in malls and function halls. They were used in searches …

Decision on release of cheetahs in wild next week
1 year, 10 months ago

Decision on release of cheetahs in wild next week

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A decision to release the eight Namibian cheetahs in the wild in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh may be taken on February 14, a senior forest officer said on Thursday. The cheetah task force constituted to monitor the adaption of the eight Namibian cheetahs to their new habitat is going to meet on February 14 to take a …

9-member task force to monitor cheetahs in MP’s Kuno National park | 5 points
2 years, 2 months ago

9-member task force to monitor cheetahs in MP’s Kuno National park | 5 points

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has created a 9-member task force to monitor cheetahs - that were brought from Namibia last month - in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, and other suitable designated areas. A cheetah after being released inside a special enclosure of the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday 5 points about the …

Inside Kuno national park: Cheetahs under supervision of 5 vets, including 3 experts from Namibia
2 years, 3 months ago

Inside Kuno national park: Cheetahs under supervision of 5 vets, including 3 experts from Namibia

India Today  

A week has passed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi released eight cheetahs brought from Namibia into Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. Prakash Kumar Verma, the Divisional Forest Officer at Kuno National Park told India Today that the cheetahs have been active since their first day in the park. TASK FORCE TO KEEP AN EYE ON CHEETAHS The central government formed …

Experts keep close watch as cheetahs adapt to new environment in Kuno National Park
2 years, 3 months ago

Experts keep close watch as cheetahs adapt to new environment in Kuno National Park

Deccan Chronicle  

Sheopur: As the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia are trying to acclimatise to the new environment in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, experts are monitoring them from a hole in a loft near their quarantine enclosures to ensure least human intervention, a forest official said. Some members from the African team of experts have gone back after witnessing the grand …

Trained dog squad, first of it's kind in India, tracks down poachers in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries
2 years, 4 months ago

Trained dog squad, first of it's kind in India, tracks down poachers in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries

Firstpost  

The squad, set up in 2011 by the biodiversity organisation ‘Aranyak’ with just one Belgian Malinois, now has seven dogs with more than one handler for each of them Guwahati: A trained dog squad in Assam, billed as the first of its kind in the country, is helping to track poachers in the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of the …

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