Bhopal: Canines are soon going to come to the rescue of endangered wild cats with the dog training academy here training them to sniff out poachers lurking near tiger reserves.
Four dogs are being trained to keep a watch on the poachers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
"We are training four dogs - all German Shepherds - for the forest departments of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, to check poaching of animals, especially tigers," Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force 23nd Battalion's Dog Training Academy Deputy Superintendent of Police B B Rai told PTI.
Traffic India of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was bearing the expenditure of dog training, and had bought the canines for different forest departments, Rai said.
After training, two dogs will be handed over to the MP Forest Department and one each will be deployed in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, he said.
Four dogs are being trained to keep a watch on the poachers in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
"We are training four dogs - all German Shepherds - for the forest departments of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, to check poaching of animals, especially tigers," Madhya Pradesh Special Armed Force 23nd Battalion's Dog Training Academy Deputy Superintendent of Police B B Rai told PTI.
After training, two dogs will be handed over to the MP Forest Department and one each will be deployed in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, he said.
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