The Border Security Force (BSF) has started training 150 dogs of the indigenous Rampur and Mudhol Hound breeds. These dogs will be used in BSF’s border guarding duties, counterinsurgency operations, and special tasks.

This is not the first time that Mudhol Hounds will be in service with security forces. They have been part of the Indian armed forces and some paramilitary forces.

In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also mentioned them in speeches. In a speech in Karnataka’s Bagalkot, he said that the district’s Mudhol Hounds would “protect the nation with a new battalion”.

Here is a look at both the Mudhol and the Rampur Hound dogs, and which breeds of dogs militaries around the world use.

Mudhol Hounds

History: Mudhol Hounds are believed to have been bred first by Raja Maloji

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