The rescue efforts in Haiti wouldn't be possible without the work of search dogs. That's a fact. Every day, TV news programs show video of dogs sniffing through the rubble for the sounds of people breathing or calling out for help.
One dog, a Border Collie named Hunter, and his firefighter owner, Bill Monahan, located three girls who had been trapped alive in the devastating earthquake. They were combing through an area near the Presidential Palace when Hunter detected the survivors' scent under four feet of rubble.
Hunter alerted Monahan using a "bark alert," and a rescue crew from California Task Force 2 dug out the girls and provided them with immediate first-aid.
Hunter and Monahan were trained by the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, a nonprofit organization that partners rescued dogs with firefighters and trains them to find survivors from natural disasters.
Hunter and Monahan did great work in Haiti. Another reason we love dogs so much.
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