Indian dog breeds are likely to be deployed for police duties including sniffing out suspects, narcotics and explosives soon, officials said on Monday (October 23).
The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the BSF, CRPF and CISF will recruit Indian dog breeds for police duties. The breeds will include Rampur hound, Himalayan mountain canines Himachali shepherd, Gaddi and Bakharwal and the Tibetan mastiff, out of whom the trials of a few Rampur Hound are underway.
An order has been issued for the testing of Himalayan mountain canines.
Currently, almost all police dogs which are deployed on duties are foreign breeds like the German shepherd, Labrador, Belgian Malinois and Cocker spaniel.
"The trial of the Indian dog breed Mudhol hound has already been concluded by the SSB and the ITBP. Trials of a few other Indian dog breeds like the Rampur hound are also undergoing at the canine training centres of the CRPF and the BSF," a home ministry official said.
The Ministry has also ordered trials of the Himalayan mountain dogs like the Himachali shepherd, Gaddi, Bakharwal and the Tibetan mastiff by the BSF, ITBP and SSB. Their trials are underway now.
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