▲ Evidence of finding Mr. A, the dog 'Ravi'
An elderly man with dementia in his 90s who went missing in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, returned to his family safely after 8 hours of disappearance thanks to the activity of 'Ravi', a dog that found evidence.
Evidence collection dogs are special purpose dogs trained to detect suspects or evidence by smell at crime or disappearance sites.
Today (15th), Gyeongsangnam-do Geoje Police Station announced that they found Mr. A (93), who was missing at the 4th ridge of Sanbangsan Mountain in Dundeok-myeon, Geoje-si around 4 pm the day before.
Earlier, the police received a report from Mr. A's son that 'the father was mowing grass and disappeared while moving'.
Accordingly, the search, which started around 7 o'clock the day before, mobilized two evidence dogs, 15 police officers, and 20 firefighters to intensively search the cemetery and valley near the place of disappearance.
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▲ Evidence collection dog 'Ravi'
At about 12:20 pm on the 15th, five hours after the search started, the evidence dog 'Ravi', who was at the scene, found Mr.
It was confirmed that Mr. A had no major health problems other than exhaustion.
'Ravi', who made a big contribution to the rescue of Mr. A, is a two-year-old male Labrador Retriever. After taking the first step as a dog for evidence in January of last year, he and Inspector Jinkyun Choi, who is the handler in charge, have been discharged from Gyeongnam for 1 year and 8 months. is active in
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