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K9 retrievers: Israel's dog unit tracks down missing people

More than 4,000 people go missing in Israel every year, and while the trail to many of the cases often goes cold, a civilian dog unit never loses hope

i24News reports that more than 4,000 people go missing in Israel every year, and while the trail to many of the cases often goes cold, a civilian dog unit never loses hope.

“The police and other organizations that look may be active in the first few days, and then it’s over for them,” said Mike Ben Ya’akov, the commander of the Israel Dog Unit (IDU).

“But we continue the search until we find the person or solve the mystery, and that's why here we are years or months after cases,” he told i24NEWS. 

Every week, Ya’akov and a group of volunteers stake out different areas of the Meron region in northern Israel, looking for new clues.  

The IDU is a non-profit organization that utilizes 400 volunteers, drones, horses, and man’s best friends – dogs.

“We came with five dogs, some of them are search and rescue, they are looking for live people, based on the breath and other scents that come out from the body,” Ya’akov said. “We also have with us Cadaver Dogs, who are looking for people that are no longer amongst the living.”

Source - i24News/Twitter - Image - David Cohen/Flash90

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Anthony Bowker 21:54 04.02.2023
Dogs are man’s best friend in every way : )
Peter Palagonia 13:00 04.02.2023
I swear I love these dogs (shepards
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