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Died – 7/30/22 Assault Dog Axel Takes 3 Bullets to the Head in Baramulla Ops, Army Mourns Canine’s Death Minutes before the Indian Army succeeded in neutralising a lone militant in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla on Saturday, it suffered a loss of its own: a two-year-old assault dog by the name of Axel, who was hit around the head by …

Died 7/21/22 Detective Dog Rocky laid to rest Police detective dog ‘Rocky’ which had retired from active service and died due to old age was laid to rest with State honors here on Thursday. ‘Rocky’ had served in the Detective Dog Squad of Pudukottai Police for 10 years and was deployed for anti-sabotage checks conducted during the visit of VVIPs …

Died 7/14/22 Five-year-old sniffer dog dies in Coimbatore Five-year-old sniffer dog, Diana, which was serving in the sniffer squad of the city police for the past five years died here on Monday. The dog was admitted in to the squad in 2018 after a training of six months. Diana helped in identifying the locations of drug peddlers across the city, …

Died 5/2/22 Swati, after 8 yrs of service, dies Swati, a police dog, 12, died after a heart attack on Monday. A labrador, Swati was born on September 1, 2011, and was donated to the police department by Ashok Baragundi, a retired engineer of Gadag, on January 1, 2013. Its skills in detecting explosive materials earned Swati many laurels. Gadag …

Vicon was appointed as sniffer dog for the explosive section in the dog squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on June 20, 2012. The dog died on Sunday due to prolonged illness. Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday bid the final adieu to a dog that served the department for over 10 years with state honors. Vicon, the dog (Labrador) died on …

Died – 3/4/22 Simba The Bomb Detection Dog Gets A Hero’s Farewell, Cremated With Three-gun Salute Simba, a key member of city police’s bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) died on Friday due to an illness.

Died – 2/26/22 Kerala Police bid adieu to Honey The Kerala Police on Saturday bid adieu to Honey, one of the smartest dogs in the police dog squad that served the force for 10 years. The dog, a Labrador, was leading a retired life at Vishranti, the retirement home for police dogs at the Kerala Police Academy. IGP (Training) K. …

Died 1/28/22  Canine Lovely laid to rest with police honors Lovely, a police canine, who had been serving in the Police Department from the year 2013, breathed her last on Friday. The 13-year-old canine had joined the police force in the year 2012 and completed basic course in 2013. During the training for basic course, Lovely stood in second position. Deputed to …

Died – 1/4/22 Daredevil sniffer dog ‘Surya’ who served Nagpur Police for decade passes away   The ‘sun’ has finally ‘set’ on a glorious life of a Labrador, Surya, the sniffer dog who had provided a decade-long impeccable service to Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) Nagpur Police. Surya breathed last on Tuesday. He succumbed to the prolonged Kidney related …

Died – 10/17/21  Shaina, 4-year-old police sniffer dog, collapses, dies Sources tell that Shaina, a four-year-old Labrador, fell ill last week, but was taken to hospital only after her condition worsened.  A nearly four-year-old Mumbai police dog, Shaina, suddenly collapsed and died on Sunday. According to sources in the police department, Shaina had been unwell for the past few days. …