UP Police have 215 horses, 96 sniffer dogs, 117 trackers dogs, while the figures for camels and 'other' animals were not available, the data showed. Gujarat Police have 422 horses, 69 sniffer dogs, 49 trackers dogs, 28 camels and six animals listed in the 'others' category. Police across states and UTs in India have 3,867 animals, including tracker dogs, sniffer dogs, horses and camels, the BPR&D said in its latest data on police organisations.Īltogether, there are 2,365 dogs (1,516 sniffers and 849 trackers), 1,415 horses, 28 camels and 59 other animals with the police across the country, the BPR&D, a wing of the Union Home Ministry, said.Īmong the states and UTs, the police in Gujarat have the biggest reserve of 574 animals followed by Uttar Pradesh (428), Maharashtra (298), Madhya Pradesh (244), according to the data.
The police in Gujarat have the maximum number of horses and camels, Maharashtra the most number of sniffer dogs and UP tracker dogs, as on January 1, 2020, showed the data released by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). Over 2,300 dogs and 1,415 horses are serving police across states and union territories in the country, and Gujarat has the biggest reserve of animals followed by Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, according to the latest government data.
