India stray dogs to form security squad

Stray dogs sleep on an empty road during a one day general strike called by the trade unions in Siliguri on February 28, 2012.

New Delhi (AFP) - Stray canines roaming the Indian capital may soon find themselves attending police training school with civic authorities planning to turn the animals into security dogs, reports said Saturday.

New Delhi residents have long informally adopted some strays as watchdogs for their homes and shops and fed them, but this marks the first formal plan to turn them into municipal security dogs.