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Published 23:13 IST, November 18th 2019

Uttarakhand Police: First of its kind initiative to train street dogs for services

The Uttarakhand Police posted on social media about a new initiative to train the street dogs in order to make them a part of the police force on November 17

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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The Uttarakhand Police has taken a new initiative to train the street dogs in order to make them a part of the police force. On November 17, the official account of police authorities posted about the performance by street dogs who were professionally trained and also said that they surpass the foreign breeds that costs a huge amount of money. Since the conditions of stray dogs have degraded in recent years, the animal organisations are also encouraging this first of its kind experiment by the Uttarakhand police. 

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'Love this experiment'

Since the police posted about the experiment on Twitter, the people on the internet have lauded the initiative. One of the Twitter users also said that she 'loves' what the police authorities are doing and that they should deploy more street dogs in India because they are intelligent as well as 'highly adaptable'. Tweeple were also seen congratulating the Uttarakhand police and one of them even said any amount of praise would not suffice to the greatness of street dogs being trained for police services.

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19:53 IST, November 18th 2019