Paw responders: Philippines trains pet dogs for search and rescue

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Pet dogs in the Philippines are being trained to aid search and rescue operations as the country braces itself for a potential major earthquake. About 46 mongrels and pure-breeds are put through their paces every Sunday at a facility in Manila.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 [DOG BARKING]

00:31 My end goal with Hazel is just to be as prepared as possible

00:35 for if the big one comes.

00:38 But if it never happens, and if she gets old and never ends up--

00:43 and that thing, hopefully, that never ends up coming,

00:45 I hope to actually try to do search and rescue

00:48 with another dog, if ever, to keep enhancing my abilities.

00:54 You hope that when something happens--

00:57 and it will, unfortunately.

01:00 A disaster will strike, that we can be there to assist someone,

01:03 to help others, to--

01:05 OK, go, go.

01:07 Search.

01:07 [DOG BARKING]

01:08 Good.

01:09 Good.

01:10 Good boy.

01:11 Good.

01:12 Good.

01:22 Our goal is to have two to three canine dogs per barangay.

01:30 So Metro Manila have 1,700 barangays,

01:33 then one municipality.

01:35 So our goal is to have them one by one,

01:40 because Metro Manila is getting ready for the big one.

01:43 So we know that for the big one, the seven magnitude earthquake

01:49 is what's being prepared.

01:50 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:54 [CHEERING]

01:57 [CHEERING]

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