News – Page 45 – National Disaster Search Dog Foundation

Search Dog Training Center on track for opening

August 24, 2015 June 27, 2016

August 24, 2015 Scott Steepleton, News-Press City Editor For 20 years, Wilma Melville has been trying to teach handlers of search dogs new tricks. The vision of the 81-year-old founder of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is close to becoming a reality with the grand opening next year of …

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Hero (2002 – 2015)

August 11, 2015 January 10, 2023

Who doesn’t love to be welcomed by a friendly face when they step off a plane, train, or bus? How about the subway? Well, if you’re a regular commuter on the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) disembarking at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, you have the pleasure of being greeted by …

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Petco Foundation invests $2.5m in SDF

July 15, 2015 June 30, 2016

Ojai Valley News | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Last Thursday, the Petco Foundation announced a $2.5 million “Pathway to Completion” challenge grant, to help the Ojai-based Search Dog Foundation (SDF) build America’s first National Training Center for canine disaster search teams.

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SDF welcomes the Navy to the NTC

July 15, 2015 June 30, 2016

DVIDS | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Local civic, reserve and active duty military leaders toured the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s (NDSDF) National Training Center (NTC) to see first-hand the naval construction efforts there, July 9.

Deployment Reports

Oklahoma City tornado strike

June 17, 2015 July 6, 2016

Brent & Moxie search tornado wreckage overnightLast night, while the six Search Dog Foundation teams deployed to Nepal were assisting in humanitarian assistance operations in that country, Brent Koeninger and his SDF-trained Search Dog Moxie were sent out to search for people buried alive in the aftermath of an F3-level tornado …

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Earthquake in Nepal

June 17, 2015 December 6, 2023

Second major quake in Nepal, SDF Search Teams redeployed May 12, 2015 The death toll is rising again in Nepal in the wake of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the country at 12:35pm Tuesday, local time, causing more widespread damage. The 12 Canine Disaster Search Teams deployed by the …

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Hobbes (2000 – 2015)

May 29, 2015 January 10, 2023

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Disaster Search Dogs make a live find in Nepal

May 16, 2015 December 6, 2023

According to Norwegian media, Geere and Mir, together with their handlers Morten and Kristin, used their noses to find a 24-year old woman in Kathmandu who had been buried deep under rubble (4 floors down) for 5 days. The rest of the Norwegian team together with rescue workers from Israel and France were able to pull out the young woman alive and give her medical care.

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SDF salutes canine teams combing Nepal wreckage for survivors

May 16, 2015 June 20, 2016

Deployment update: According to the UN, the death toll from the April 25 earthquake now stands at 5,006 with an additional 10,194 people injured. An estimated 8 million people remain affected across 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts. Authorities expect these figures to rise as rescue efforts continue. Today, members of …

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Lola (2003 – 2015)

May 16, 2015 January 10, 2023

Lola, a Black Labrador Retriever, began her saga as so many of our dogs do – at a shelter. Lola was on 24-hour euthanasia alert, meaning she had just that amount of time left to be adopted. She was sick with kennel cough, a common contagious illness among shelter dogs, …