.jpg?BSX0JXEbDt7n9R7g7WAKrZjiaWAVLXOH&size=770:433 "Super Sniffer dog squad to keep eye on cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh")
German Shepherds are being trained at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force’s (ITBP) National Training Centre for Dogs in Haryana’s Panchkula to be released in the Kuno National Park to secure the just recently presented Namibian cheetahs from poachers.
The pet dogs will form part of a team that will ferret out threat and deal defense to cheetahs in their brand-new environment. They will likewise be trained to identify tiger skin, bones, elephant tusks, red sanders and other prohibited wildlife items throughout the specialised training course.
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These pet dogs are being trained by ITBP in partnership with WWF-India (World Wide Fund for Nature India), stated Ishwar Singh Duhan, IG, at the Basic Training Center of ITBP.
#WATCH|Haryana: German Shepherds getting trained at Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force’s (ITBP) National Training Centre for Dogs in Panchkula to be released in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park to safeguard the just recently launched Namibian cheetahs from poachers. pic.twitter.com/emVv7qgcbW
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The ‘sniffer pet dogs’ will sign up with the pack after a 7-month training workout that will assist instil qualities like obedience, smelling, and tracking abilities, news firm ANI stated in a report.
The dogs will be out to secure the cheetahs and other animals from poachers beginning in April next year.
The Asiatic cheetah was stated extinct in India in 1952 after Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo shot the last offspring of the types in1947 The huge felines were given India from Namibia as part of a global translocation task.
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