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{{Infobox dog breed
| name = Mudhol Hound
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| altname = Pashmi Hound<br/>Kathewar Dog
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| country = [[Mudhol]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]

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| maleweight = 27 in -28 in
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| kc_name = [[Kennel Club of India]]
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The '''Mudhol Hound''' is a [[Dog breed|breed]] of [[sighthound]] from [[India]].{{r|Fogle|Hancock|Morris|Soman}}<ref>Sowmyashree, B.L., Jayashree, R., Kumar, S.N. and Nagaraja, R., Microsatellite DNA Polymorphism Studies in Mudhol Hound Dog Native of India. ''Indian Journal of Animal Research'', 2021 (1) p.6.[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayashree_Raja/publication/348968409_Microsatellite_DNA_Polymorphism_Studies_in_Mudhol_Hound_Dog_Native_of_India/links/601a67a3299bf1cc269cf0cb/Microsatellite-DNA-Polymorphism-Studies-in-Mudhol-Hound-Dog-Native-of-India.pdf]</ref>
[[File:Mudhol hound dog 2.png|thumb]]

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.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

In 2005 the Mudhol Hound was one of four Indian dog breeds featured on a set of [[postage stamp]]s released by the Indian [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] to celebrate the country's canine heritage.{{r|Upadhye}}
About 750 families in and around Mudhol town of Karnataka are raising this breed for marketing the puppies.<ref name=sang/>

==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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mudhol Hound has its day|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030511290300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108035335/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/05/stories/2007030511290300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 January 2008|access-date=29 July 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 March 2007}}</ref>
[[File:Mudhol hound dog 3.png|thumb]]
[[File:Mudhol hound dog 1.png|thumb]]
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.<ref name=sang>{{cite news|last1=Menasinakai|first1=Sangamesh|title=Mudhol's top dogs|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Mudhols-top-dogs/articleshow/46014772.cms|access-date=2 August 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 August 2015}}</ref> 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 [[George V|King George V]] a pair of hounds, which popularized the Mudhol hound breed.<ref name=Arjunsinh-Hound>{{cite news|last1=Jadeja|first1=Arjunsinh|title=Tracking the hounds of Mudhol|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/455843/tracking-hounds-mudhol.html|access-date=2 February 2015|location=Bangalore|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=Jadeja2>{{cite news|last1=Jadeja|first1=Arjunsinh|title=Mudhol's royal chapter|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/346370/mudhols-royal-chapter.html|access-date=2 February 2015|location=Bangalore|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

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, Bagalkot district|Thimmapur]] near Mudhol in [[Bagalkot district]] of Karnataka. The CRIC is a unit of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, [[Bidar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mudhol hounds now get a fighting chance|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/mudhol-hounds-now-get-a-fighting-chance/article7870969.ece|access-date=6 May 2016|work=The Hindu|date=13 November 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Portal:Dogs|Dogs portal]]
* [[List of dog breeds]]
* [[List of dog breeds from India]]

==References==
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<ref name=Fogle>{{cite book |last=Fogle |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Fogle|date=2009 |title=The encyclopedia of the dog |location=New York |publisher=DK Publishing |page=103 |isbn=978-0-7566-6004-8 }}</ref>

<ref name=Hancock>{{cite book |last=Hancock |first=David |date=2012 |title=Sighthounds: their form, their function and their future |location=Ramsbury, Marlborough |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |pages=109–112 |isbn=978-1-84797-392-4 }}</ref>

<ref name=Morris>{{cite book |last=Morris |first=Desmond |author-link=Desmond Morris |date=2001 |title=Dogs: the ultimate dictionary of over 1,000 dog breeds |location=North Pomfret, VT|publisher=Trafalgar Square Publishing |pages=47–48 |isbn=1-57076-219-8}}</ref>

<ref name=Soman>{{cite book |last=Soman |first=W.V. |date=1962 |title=The Indian Dog |location=Mumbai |publisher=Popular Prakashan |page=89 }}</ref>

<ref name=Upadhye>{{cite news |last=Upadhye |first=Aishwarya |date=1 February 2019 |title=The comeback of Indian native dog breeds |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/the-comeback-of-indian-native-dog-breeds/article26149887.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai |access-date=28 July 2020 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Sighthounds]]
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