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Dog to wolf: Why are Japanese men spending millions to ‘become’ animals?
Fp Explainers •A video of a man in Japan donning a realistic border collie costume and mimicking dog behaviour has gone viral. Previously, an engineer from Tokyo paid three million yen to ‘turn’ into a gray wolf. Both of them say it was their ‘childhood dream’ to become an animal
Paw-friendly: IRCTC to soon allow passengers to book online train tickets for their pet dog, cat
Fp Staff •CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) has been assigned to make changes in the software so that booking can be started for pets on the IRCTC website
How popular tourist destination in Mexico uncovered 53 bags of human remains
•Despite the bloodshed, the once-peaceful state of Guanajuato, home to 6.1 million people, is a major tourist destination. Its colonial-style capital as well as the picturesque city of San Miguel de Allende attract thousands of foreigners each year. The violence mostly happens out of sight
'Definitely looks familiar': Anand Mahindra's post on weekend routines leaves internet in splits
Trendingdesk •Mahindra found the occurrence quite relatable to his weekend routine. Many users also took to the comments sections and shared their perspective on the same
Rajasthan: Doctor booked for tying stray dog to car, dragging it along road
•The dog suffered a fracture on one leg and injuries on the other. It also sustained bruises on the neck, a caretaker at Dog Home Foundation said
Doctors identify first case of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox
•Pets that come in close contact with a symptomatic person should be kept at home and away from other animals and people for 21 days after the most recent contact
California court sends Lady Gaga's dog robber to four years in jail
•The robbery had led the singer to offer a $500,000 reward in return, whose theft highlighted a growing trend targeting the valuable French Bulldog breed
Delhi: Man injures three members of a family with iron rod over pet dog
Fp Staff •On the statement of the owner of the dog, a case has been registered under various sections of IPC and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
'Sniffer dogs are as effective as PCR tests in detecting COVID-19'
•In one study, the dogs detected COVID with a sensitivity of 92 per cent and a specificity of 91 per cent and in another study the dogs matched 98 per cent of the PCR results and they correctly identified the swabs as negative in 99 per cent samples
Uttarakhand: Noida man in soup as he takes dog to Kedarnath shrine; temple committee files FIR
Fp Staff •An FIR has bee lodged by the the Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee's CEO at the behest of its president Ajendra Ajay. The committee said that the viral video has hurt the religious sentiments of people and the pilgrims