Month: November 2025

Pune has just logged a rare medical milestone: the world’s first documented surgery to correct megaesophagus in a dog, performed by veterinary surgeon Dr. Narendra Pardeshi at the Small Animal Clinic. The surgery, called POEM — Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (literally meaning “cutting the muscle through the mouth using an endoscope”), is a highly specialised procedure normally done…

They state that many deaths go unreported, as only cases published on race club websites are accessible.

What if you could wave at a friend sixty times in one second? Sounds like a superhero stunt, right? For some birds, that’s just another day at the gym. Dr. Mark Fuxjager from Brown University studies birds whose courtship and fighting moves would put Olympians to shame….backflips, lightning-fast wing snaps,…

Following the Supreme Court’s November 7 order directing States and Union Territories to remove stray dogs from public institutions and transport hubs, citizens and animal lovers across India have taken to the streets. Over the past few days, protests have been reported in Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai, with demonstrators demanding…

Spread across a few acres of uneven orchard land, the shelter is home to 167 dogs, around 150 cattle, five donkeys, and eight cats, apart from rescued chickens and a turkey.