Mangaluru: A beauty pageant for the canines

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November 13, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 13: The police ground in the city now has the air of an admission test where owners brought their dogs and sat nervously to see how they would conduct themselves in the competition. The ground is the venue for Karavali Canine Club's two-day first and second All Breed Championship Dog Show that commenced yesterday.

A five-and-a-half year old female Irish setter, a Schnauzer, fox terrier, Tibetan terrier, Shih tzu, Siberian husky, English cocker spaniel, boxer, Tsang apso, Teacup, pomeranian, German shepherd, Mudhol hound and several other breeds of dogs won the hearts of many pooch lovers at the show.

Stave Hopley, a former chef-turned-dog breeder from Bengaluru, saidBeauty' is one among seven mastiffs, besidesIce' (Shih Tzu). He has not less than 30 exotic and different breeds at his house cum breeding centre behind Manyata Tech Park in?Bengaluru. Like his wife Aisha Sultana Hopley, he too vouched forBeauty' for her show quality.

Another breeder Sunil Gowda from Bengaluru had a hairy Afghan Hound that ambled and jumped as and when the handlers moved, winning great rounds of applause from the gathering.

Anup from Sullia and Rajesh Poojary from Udupi had Caravan Hounds that had many mistaking them for our very own Mudhol. Yet, how can one forget Mudhol, with Mallikarjun and his friends coming all the way from Bagalkot with five fully grown Mudhols to the show.

Heather Morrison from Australia and Stanely Shen from Singapore were the juries for the show. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel kick-started the show by walking a dog into the arena.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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