For the first time, the Canine Research and Information Centre at Timmapur (CRIC) in Bagalkot, Karnataka, has donated six Mudhol hounds to the Army for their ability to search and sniff in the memory of lance Naik Hanumantappa Koppad, who died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday three days after he was rescued from under 35 feet of snow in the Siachen glacier.
These unique variety of hounds are found in Mudhol in Bagalkot district of Karnataka a pedigree which is identified as one of the best in the world.
CRIC, which comes under the ambit of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University , Bidar, handed over the puppies, aged around 4.5 months (three male and three female), to the Remount Veterinary Centre and College, Meerut, for a feasibility trial for induction into the military.