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22 June NESRA Dog Find - 1 person
Des Toward (Misty), Paul Fell (Holly) and Paul Renwick (Skye) were called to assist Teesdale & Weardale SMRT in a search for a vulnerable male missing form home, located safe and well by Search Dog Holly and Paul Fell.

 
21 June 08 SWERA Dog find 5 people
Catherine Jones (Jilly) and Nicki Lyons (Cavos) were called to assist Dartmoor Search and Rescue team Tavistock to in a search for 5 inexperienced hikers whose tent was leaking and one of them had a leg injury. They were located by Search Dog Jilly and Catherine cold and wet and escorted off the moor.

 

05 June 2008 SWERA DOG FIND - 1 person
Alex Lyons (Max) and Nicki Lyons (Cavos) were called to assist Cornwall SRT in a search for a missing 61 year old woman. She was found by Search Dog Cavos and Nicki, medically treated for hypothermia then taken to hospital by ambulance.

 
15 May 2008 SWERA DOG FIND - 1 Person
Nicki Lyons (Cavos) were called to assist Exmoor SRT in the search for a missing 75 year old female from Dulverton in Somerset. The lady, who had been staying with family in the area, had wandered off and was last seen heading in the direction of some local woodland by a member of the public. Following 4 hours of searching, search Dog Cavos showed a great amount of interest in a particular area but due to the lack of wind was unable to give a fix on it. The Search Dog team then located footprints that matched the footwear the misper was wearing. The area was immediately flooded with foot teams and the lady was located deceased approx 500 mtrs from the location of interest shown by Cavos. Located by Search Dog Cavos and Nicki Lyons.

 
13 May 2008 NESRA DOG FIND - 1 Person
Paul Fell (Holly), John O'Doherty (Nut) and Paul Renwick (Skye) were called to assist Teesdale and Weardale SMRT in a search for despondent male, located safe and well by Search Dog Holly and Paul Fell.

 

 
30 April 2008 NESRA DOG FIND - 1 Person
Des Toward (Misty) were called to assist Teesdale & Weardale SMRT in a search for a male with a dislocated knee, he was evacuated by Air Ambulance, his wife and dog located by Search Dog Misty and Des Toward and walked back to her car.  
 

 

26 March 2008 PDMRO Dog Find 6 persons
Dave Mason (Megan), Ian Bunting (Tyke) and John Coombs (Biscuit) were called to assist Buxton MRT in a search for a group of 6 males reported lost and benighted on Kinder Scout with insufficient equipment to last out for a night during the prevailing snow storm. Three teams and three dogs searched all routes on to the plateau and the edge path itself. Party located by Search Dog Megan and Dave Mason safe and well and escorted off the hill by searching sections. BBC News Report
 

 
11 Jan 2008 MPSRO DOG FIND - 1 Person
Andy Colau (Tara) along with Iain Nicholson (Mij - SARDA Wales trailing dog) were called to assist Bowland Pennine MRT in the search for a missing 66 year old in Garstang, Lancashire.  Iain and Mij trailed the missing person to the edge of a nearby canal, and later in the search Andy and Tara had indications on the canal downstream from where the end of the trail had been indicated by Mij. The missing persons body was recovered by police divers a short distance down stream the next day. 

 

1 Jan 2008 PDMRO DOG FIND - 5 Persons

Ian Bunting (Tyke), Steve Ward (Bryn), Dave Mason (Meg) and John Coombs (Biscuit) were called to assist Edale and Buxton MRTs locate a group of 5 lost in Mist on Kinder.Scout. Group located by Ian Bunting and Tyke in Ladybrooth Brook below Rowland Cote Moor, Kinder. One of the party was suffering from abdominal pain after a recent operation and was evacuated off the hill by stretcher.

 

 

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