It was a unique funeral at the Police Department in Kalaburagi on Thursday, as officials sobbed at the demise of Bunty, a service dog of the Dog Squad of Kalaburagi Police. According to Dog Squad official D.S. After completing a six-month-long training between July 2007 and January 2008 at Canine Training Centre in Adugodi in Bengaluru, it was inducted into the Dog Squad of the Kalaburagi Police for detecting explosives. The canine was part of the Dog Squad during the Dasara event in Mysuru. As of now, the Kalaburagi Police Dog Squad has four canines, three detecting crimes — Jimmy, Rita and Ruby, and one explosives detection dog — Rani.

Source: The Hindu May 09, 2019 16:24 UTC