{"id":200823,"date":"2022-08-20T18:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=200823"},"modified":"2022-08-20T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T13:12:20","slug":"explained-potentially-tasked-with-protecting-the-pm-what-are-karnatakas-mudhol-hounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-potentially-tasked-with-protecting-the-pm-what-are-karnatakas-mudhol-hounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Potentially tasked with protecting the PM, what are Karnataka\u2019s Mudhol hounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cExplained: Potentially tasked with protecting the PM, what are Karnataka\u2019s Mudhol hounds?\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 18th August 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Mudhol hounds, a breed of hunting dogs native to north Karnataka, could be inducted into the Special Protection Group(SPG), the elite force protecting the Prime Minister of India.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are Mudhol Hounds?\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n

Mudhol Hound also known variously as the Maratha Hound, the Pashmi Hound, the Kathewar Dog and the Caravan Hound is a breed of sighthound (a type of dog) from India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named after: <\/b>It is named after the erstwhile princely state of Mudhol.<\/span><\/p>\n

History:<\/b> The Mudhol hounds are believed to have been bred first by Raja Malojirao Ghorpade of the erstwhile Deccan kingdom of Mudhol.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The Raja is said to have presented a couple of these dogs to King George V on a visit to England, whereafter the breed got the name of Mudhol hound.<\/span><\/p>\n

Features:<\/b> These dogs have athletic legs, an elongated skull and a 270-degree vision and a sharp sense of smell. They are also swift runners and come with great stamina. Hence, they are ideal for hunting, guarding, and surveillance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian Army commissioning:<\/b> In 2016, the Indian Army took a batch of Mudhol Hounds into its Remount and Veterinary Corps training centre in Meerut for their specific qualities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 This was the first time that the centre \u2014 with a long history of training foreign breeds such as German Shepherds and Labradors \u2014 trained an indigenous breed for possible induction into Army service.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExplained: Potentially tasked with protecting the PM, what are Karnataka\u2019s Mudhol hounds?\u201d published in Indian Express on 18th August 2022. What is the News? Mudhol hounds, a breed of hunting dogs native to north Karnataka, could be inducted into the Special Protection Group(SPG), the elite force protecting… Continue reading Explained: Potentially tasked with protecting the PM, what are Karnataka\u2019s Mudhol hounds?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-200823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704805258},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}