News & Cause

Recently, a dog died from the parasitic disease leishmaniasis in the UK. This is the first case ever reported of a dog dying of such a tropical disease in the UK. The dog belonged to Shih Tzu breed and was only 3 years old. The dog lived with its family ...

Citizens of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula weighed in with their views on increasing stray dog menace in the tricity and the inability of the Administration to deal with it. We collected the excerpts from Tribune open house question, where it asks people for what they believe “the right solution” should ...

Recently, a brave pet dog saved his owners’ lives by squaring off against two tigers in a forest area of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh. The couple named Kunjiram Yadav and his wife Phoolwati were attacked by a tiger, but their brave dog came in between and saved the couple ...

Summers are here and it is time that you took extra care of your dog and protected it from a heat stroke! Over the last week, heat stroke has killed three dogs in Chennai, said vets from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). “Had the pet owners ...

Recently, Salmonella was found in some raw dog food products, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A dog food company named Darwin’s Natural Pet Products tested positive for the bacterium Salmonella. FDA tested 3 lots of Darwin’s raw pet food products and concluded the presence of bacteria ...

If you haven’t registered your pet dog yet, it may cost you 10 times more now! Chandigarh Administration is planning to impose a new penalty on pet owners who haven’t registered their pet dogs yet. According to sources, the Local Administration had asked for some clarification from the Municipal Commissioner ...

Scientists in southwest China’s Yunnan province have cloned what they called the ”Sherlock Holmes of police dogs” in a programme they hope will help cut training times and costs for police dogs, state media reported on Wednesday. The dog, named Kunxun, was cloned from a police sniffer dog by the ...

Two chained dogs were discovered where one dog was found dead and another one severely malnourished at a residence in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The owner of the dogs has been booked on the charges of animal cruelty. The owner named, Travas Turner who is 36 years old, is now facing 2 ...

Recently, a animal cruelty case has been reported where 4 dogs have been poisoned to death while another one is battling for his life. The incident was reported from an upscale Malaysian township in Kukatpally. The dead bodies of the dogs were found beside biscuits and chicken which is suspected ...