New Delhi, April 27 : India has prohibited the import of dogs for breeding or the other business activities, a government notification added here.

However, import of dogs is allowed for “pet dog with valid pet book and relevant records or documents within the name of importer”, the commerce ministry notification added.

It said, dogs foreign by the research and development organisations for conducting research with the advice of Committee for the aim of management And supervision of Experiments on Animals also will be allowed.

Import of dogs for internal security by the defence and police forces are going to be allowed, it said.