The contingent, a permanent employee of the state security forces and organs, comes with a German Shepherd because locating with these dogs is “the most convenient method there is”
A Spanish contingent led by the GOES RK9 Canine Unit (Health and Rescue Emergency Operations Group) will travel to Ukraine with its German Shepherd Dog Bull to help search for and rescue people from the state emergency services in the country, in the midst of war, and working together to find people who may be buried in collapsed buildings, as well as missing people in large areas.
José Andrés Ballesteros is the coordinator of this operation and the president of GOES RK9, created as a non-profit organization that regularly cooperates with the security forces and agencies of the state, in addition to being responsible for the Canine Rescue Unit in Civil Protection of Loeches ( Madrid).
For some time, he has had various contacts with the Ukrainian State Security and Emergency Forces and the Corps, and it was therefore suggested that the Spanish contingent travel to Ukraine to train the State Emergency Teams and the Border Guard. Ballesteros has indicated that the Ukrainian teams are “not starting from scratch, but in this world of locating people, the more methods, jobs and experiences there are, the better the dogs can be trained.”
The permits and financing for this expedition, which will depart from Vinaròs (Castellón) on October 14, was a “heavy” task. After knocking on “many doors”, the Azul Marino Foundation will fund this expedition, with the company APE Grupo as collaborator.
They leave for Ukraine in their own vehicle, to cover a route of about 30 hours, crossing four countries, and on arrival they stay in the border guard barracks. Once there, they are supposed to be made available to the Emergency units. They will conduct internships and joint training, in addition, the Spanish team will lend itself to cooperate with the Ukrainian emergency services on search tasks. Tracking down with these dogs “is the most useful method there is.” To date, he explains, “nothing has surpassed it, no thermal cameras, not even geophones.”
The team will stay in Ukraine for six days, but they indicate that new visits are already being considered as the Russian attack on the country has created a huge need to locate bodies and the professionalization of local services could be very useful.
Source: La Verdad
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