Assam: Braveheart K9-Karina and her Contribution to Kaziranga

Kaziranga: K9 Karina, a specially trained sniffer dog of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve breathed her last on May 8 due to old age related health issues.

A female German Shepherd Dog, she served for 10 years in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve with her handlers Jitu Gogoi and Manas Bora. K9 Karina was trained in the Dog Training School of Bhopal based 23rd Battalion of Special Armed Forces as a part of Sniffer Dog Program of Traffic-India (WWF) with her Handler JituGogoi of 2nd BN of Assam Forest Protection Force. K9 Karina’s was equipped to track poachers and sniff out wildlife parts in wildlife crime investigations.

K9 Karina was known for her role in anti-poaching and anti-crime activities, particularly in Kaziranga area. K9 Karina assisted in solving many cases with enormous numbers of patrolling.

K9 Karina assisted the forest patrol team to seized one 0.303 rifle in KarbiAnglong in 2023. It also assisted the forest patrol team to identify a shelter of Rhino poachers at Burapahar Range in 2018. K9 Karina nabbed down a person involved in a Human murder case in 2016.

This year on January 26 K9 Karina took part in a Dog Parade at Bagori Range with the other K9 Sniffer Dogs of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on the occasion of the India’s Republic Day.

K9 Karina recovered from a major surgery in December 2024 and was doing well. But because of the old age diseases K9 Karina was not well from last few days and on May 8, she took her last breath.

In the headquarter of AFPF 2nd BN, at Seekoni K9 Karina’s last rites were done with full respect and procedures. The entire staff of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve will always remain grateful to K9 Karina’s services.

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