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    assistance, therapy, detection, and protection. Falling within the field of detection, a search-and-rescue (SAR) dog is one trained to respond to crime...
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    Labrador who served as a search and rescue dog following the September 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Jake served as a rescue dog from 2001 until his retirement...
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    The International Search and Rescue Dog Organisation (IRO) is the worldwide umbrella organisation for search and rescue dog work and partner of the UN...
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    Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue...
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    Military working dog trained in combat, or used scouts, sentries, messengers, mercy dogs, and trackers Search and rescue dog Sled dog Working dogs are...
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    War search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air Raid warden, and became...
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  • Apollo was a search and rescue dog who served with the K-9 unit of the New York Police Department. He was awarded the Dickin Medal, the animals' equivalent...
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  • Trakr (redirect from Trackr (dog))
    euthanize Trakr and all retiring K9s. After Trakr's retirement, Symington took a leave from the force. Symington and his dog saw the search and rescue operations...
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  • Retriever rescue dog who searched for survivors at Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks. It was the first assignment for her and her owner and trainer...
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    World War II search and rescue dog. Rob, a Collie working dog on a farm in Shropshire until 1942, when his owners enlisted him as a war dog. Assigned to...
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