When search-and-rescue teams deploy to any of the numerous natural or man-made disasters around the world, they bring along their own teams of highly trained dogs to help discover victims in need. When these dogs are not in the field, they frequently take part in training sessions simulating events such as earthquakes, wildfires, and water or avalanche rescues. Gathered below are images of some of these rescue dogs and their handlers, on the job and in training, from the past several years. Lek, a golden retriever from the Thai K9 Rescue unit, is brought to comfort people waiting for news of missing loved ones at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 1, 2025, four days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. # A volunteer with the Italian School of Rescue Dogs (La Scuola Italiana Cani Salvataggio) jumps with a dog during a water-rescue training session at Averno Lake in Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 24, 2024. # Rescuers...
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