After Disasters Strike, Specially Trained Canines Help Save Lives

When devastating earthquakes hit Haiti, Japan and Nepal, American search-and-rescue teams were there with their specially trained dogs to find victims.  They were also among the first to arrive on the scene when Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy ravaged parts of the U.S. Ron Sanders and his six-year old Labarador, Pryse, were part of a U.S. team that was immediately deployed to Nepal to help find survivors. Sanders, a retired firefighter, is now with the Fairfax County Urban Search and...

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