Site of the Day for Wednesday, January 16, 2002 The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
The List confesses its helpless devotion to dogs. With that in mind the List's gentle members may forgive another canine site with a broader purpose. "Disasters happen. Earthquakes shake down homes and apartments, tornadoes knock down buildings, and bombs reduce huge office buildings to rubble. The dogs who search out victims in these collapsed structures are called Disaster Search Dogs.Disaster Search Dogs, of all the fine dogs who are a service to humankind, are the only ones at this time who are trained to and test at rigorous national certification standards. Because of anticipated earthquakes, this type of training began in California, patterned after previously developed Swiss methods." - from the website Discover more about the dogs and their handlers whose presence and untiring efforts at scenes of devastation remain so vividly in our minds. Stride over to the website for an overview of the organization which helps train these courageous canines. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/nelpag.html A.M. Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SotD Ashlists archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD Website - http://www.ashlists.org/sotd/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day