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Mudhol Hound

Mudhol Hound
FieldValue
nameMudhol Hound
imageFile:Mudhol hound dog.png
altnamePashmi Hound
Kathewar Dog
countryMudhol, Karnataka, India
weight20 -
maleweight27 in -28 in
kc_nameKennel Club of India
kc_stdhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/meet-the-desi-doggos-finding-favour-and-homes-across-the-country/story-nDQi7RiFJjH5hOxvfwufwK.html

Kathewar Dog

The Mudhol Hound is a breed of sighthound from India.

The Kennel Club of India (KCI) and Indian National Kennel Club (INKC) recognize the breed under different breed names. The KCI registers it as a Caravan Hound while the INKC uses the name Mudhol Hound.

In 2005 the Mudhol Hound was one of four Indian dog breeds featured on a set of postage stamps released by the Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to celebrate the country's canine heritage. About 750 families in and around Mudhol town of Karnataka are raising this breed for marketing the puppies. Now Indian Army, CRPF, BSF, Indian Police Forces and State Police largest using indian breed.

History

The Deccan Plateau covers parts of the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and, to a lesser degree, Telangana. The breed is popular in and around Mudhol Taluk of Karnataka and thus the breed got the name Mudhol hound.

Shrimant Rajesaheb Malojirao Ghorpade of Mudhol (1884–1937) of the Mudhol State is credited with reviving the Mudhol hound. He noticed local tribal people called Bedar (Fearless); also called Berad (not - crying) using these hounds for hunting. Using selective breeding, he was able to restore the royal Mudhol hound. On a visit to England in the early 1900s, the Maharaja of Mudhol State presented King George V a pair of hounds, which popularized the Mudhol hound breed.

The Indian Army has expressed its desire to use the Mudhol sighthound for surveillance and border protection duties. It has obtained six Mudhol dogs for testing at the Army's Remount Veterinary Corps at Meerut. The dogs were bred after selection, at the Canine Research and Information Centre in Thimmapur near Mudhol in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The CRIC is a unit of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar.

References

References

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