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The Bombay Dog Riots, also known as the 1832 Bombay Riots, were a series of protest actions that devolved into rioting in the city of Mumbai, India.The riots were sparked by an attempt by the British government to exterminate the city's stray dogs, controversial for Parsis due to dogs being considered sacred in the Zoroastrian religion.
Zanjeer (7 January 1992 – 16 November 2000) was a Labrador Retriever who served as a detection dog with the Bombay Police (later Mumbai Police) in Maharashtra state of India. Due to his impeccable service detecting many explosives and other weapons—in particular during the 1993 Bombay bombings—he was honoured with a full state funeral. [1]
The Stranglers of Bombay is a 1959 British adventure horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson and Andrew Cruickshank. [2] [3] It was written by David Z. Goodman and produced by Hammer Films. The film deals with the British East India Company's investigation of the cult of Thuggee stranglers in the 1830s.
Last year, the RSPCA received 9,776 reports of dog cruelty in England, compared with 8,176 in 2021 and 7,691 in 2020. The skinniest dog a rescuer had ever seen was found barely alive in South ...
One hundred years ago on this day - 12 January 1925 - a group of men attacked a couple on a car ride in a upmarket suburb in Bombay (now Mumbai) in colonial India, shooting the man dead and ...
A ferocious brown bear went on a two-day killing spree that left two people and 35 dogs brutally murdered. Father, 87, son, 56, mauled to death by ‘rabid’ bear that broke into their home after ...
North West — The victim was killed by 2 dogs guarding a tavern. [283] November 27, 2022 Zimkhitha Brenda Gaga, 37, female Pit bull (3) Eastern Cape, Port Alfred — She was on her way to work when the three dogs attacked her. The dogs escaped through a fence they damaged. [284] November 23, 2022: Reuben le Roux, 1, male Pit bull
Jyotirmoy Dey (1955– 11 June 2011), also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for Mid-Day (a tabloid newspaper published in several cities in India) and an expert on the Mumbai underworld.