The best breeds for search and rescue are intelligent, trainable dogs who have powerful scent and tracking abilities. Hounds, for instance, have an extremely keen sense of smell, and other breeds have ...

When disaster strikes or a person goes missing, every second counts. Earthquakes, floods, avalanches and building collapses demand speed, qualities like accuracy and resilience that search and rescue ...

Officer Kayla Kaiser and her K9 partner, Robot, demonstrated how dogs can locate a hidden person in as little as 20 seconds.

NEW YORK (TND) — It is estimated that at least 300 search and rescue dogs participated in the grueling efforts at Ground Zero after the U.S. was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. The animals "worked ...

The fire brigade paid tribute to its K9 team on Wednesday, marking World Dog Day. In a post shared on social media, the ...

Callie — the only search-and-rescue dog in the Department of Defense — spent six years with the Kentucky National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron where she deployed six times in support of ...

For a 12-year-old search-and-rescue dog from Northern Ireland, a lifetime of service earned him a special kind of graduation accomplishment: the adorably named honorary "dogree." At Queen's University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia-based non-profit Greater Atlantic Rescue Dogs (GARD) announced the passing of Maddy, a ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Two highly trained canine search and rescue teams from Oregon are headed to Texas to help with disaster recovery operations after the devastating recent floods. The ...

SAR dogs go through months or years of training to be able to do difficult work. When we think of rescue dogs, we're likely envisioning police canines like German shepherds. Perhaps we picture this ...