Rescue dogs of the Johanniter find missing senior citizens in Leopoldstadt

Rescue dogs of the Johanniter find missing senior citizens in Leopoldstadt

In the Leopoldstadt, a woman over 80-year-old who has been missing for a day was successfully found by the rescue dogs of the Viennese Johanniter. The incident occurred near the Reich Bridge and shows how valuable animal -assisted rescue activities can be. The Johanniter dogs have an impressive sense that enables them to carry out these highly complex operations.

at 8 p.m. a search alarm was triggered on Tuesday after the senior lady could not be found. The rescue dog team immediately broke off their training in Liesing and made its way into the 2nd district. The area around the Reichsbrücke was quickly limited as the last location after the dogs searched several possible routes.

The high-tech dogs

Mitte of the night the assignment was interrupted, but the missing woman could be found alive the next day in the area located by the dogs. According to Dieter Horn, the head of the Johanniter rescue dog squadron Vienna/Lower Austria, the focus is on the skills of the dogs: "Our task is to find missing or save injuries according to natural disasters. Even in times of the latest technology, the powerful nose of a dog remains unmatched." These dogs can perceive smells from several hundred meters away and follow the traces even after long periods of time and over large distances.

It is remarkable that the rescue dog teams of the Johanniter in Vienna and Innsbruck are ready for use within an hour. The support is free of charge and can be requested by institutions and private individuals. The dog sniffing vikings quickly get out to help when it comes to saving human life.

The search for missing persons takes place in different phases and techniques. An important approach is "mantrailing", in which the dogs follow the individual smell of the missing person. Even the smallest scent traces are followed without being distracted. This is particularly valuable in urban areas in which many other smells exist.

Another method used by the rescue dogs is the "browsing work", in which the dogs search for a large area for the general smell of people. Unlike mantrailing, the goal is not a specific person, but the general weather of people. There are also the "search for debris", which is used especially for natural disasters such as earthquakes or explosions to find spilled

These search and rescue operations of the Johanniter are not only impressive, but also necessary in a world that often relies on technology, but should not lose sight of the unsurpassed ability of animals in critical situations. As this successful rescue operation proves, the human smell remains a key to survival.

More about the valuable work of the Johanniter and their rescue dog relays can be found in details that are provided by the organizations. For future missions and further insights see www.meinbezirk.at .