sniffer dogs

A golden retriever named Kilian is part of a Swedish rescue team in Morocco after the earthquake. He's a veteran of past disaster rescue missions and his handlers say he helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year.

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Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake

10:02am September 15, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.

Peter Pan, a dog that is part of a USAID rescue crew in Turkey, scrambles over piles of debris, sniffing for the scent of any survivors stuck inside.

Sniffer dogs offer hope in waning rescue efforts in Turkey

1:05pm February 13, 2023

by Jason Beaubien

Days after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, hopes of finding people alive is waning. One U.S.-based team uses search-and-rescue dogs to try to find people still trapped days after the quake.

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Jane Tansell, one of the two handlers responsible for the rodent detection dogs, looks on from the background as a seal stares down the camera on South Georgia Island earlier this year.

Massive Eradication Effort Ends Rodents' Reign Of Terror On Forbidding Isle

8:09pm May 10, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Since humans came to South Georgia Island centuries ago, rats have terrorized rare native birds. But an ambitious project, using some plucky canine aides, has cleared the frigid wilderness.

Lulu photographed during explosives training.

CIA Trainee Washes Out Of Bomb Detection, Reassigned To Living Room

9:21am October 20, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The agency says that Lulu, a black Labrador being trained to sniff out explosives, just wasn't that into it.

A sniffer dog works on the side of the pitch following the evacuation of Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, U.K., on Sunday. The match between Manchester United and Bournemouth was postponed after a suspicious package was discovered at the stadium.

'Lifelike' Suspicious Item At Manchester United Stadium Was A Training Device

7:57pm May 15, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

Just before the soccer match, police evacuated the team's stadium for a suspicious package. After a controlled explosion, it turns out the package had been left behind by an earlier security exercise.

Indiana "Indy" Bones reports for duty on a field investigation, in which the dog sniffs to detect human remains for a reopened cold case.

National

Police Dog On Payroll: 'Indiana Bones' Is Woman's Best Friend

5:24pm September 15, 2015

by Gloria Hillard

Dogs are routinely used by police forces for criminal investigations, drug-sniffing or search and rescue missions. But to LA county K-9 handler Karina Peck, "Indy" the dog is more than a co-worker.

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