Heroes or Victims?

An earthquake rumbles, a tornado roars, a building collapses, a hurricane brings destruction to a coast, a bomb reduces a building to rubble or a loved one goes missing in the mountain.
The dog and handler teams are there, searching for victims alive and dead.” *

Search and rescue dogs are the hard-working heroes of disaster relief with their sense of smell and hear far more powerful than humans'.
But are they actually heroes or victims of it? What procedures waiting for them when they are back to home? What problems are their voluntary organisations facing?

Kubra Yelkenci investigates...

(*Dog owner’s guide online pet magazine)

WATCH: Hampshire Dog Team's
training in the rubble

WATCH: Mountain rescue training in South Wales

WATCH: Challenge in the rubble

LISTEN: A Chat

Dog handler Robin Furness explains how they choose a puppy to train as a search and rescue dog.