Search dogs help in Thailand

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Search dogs lead to Thai flood victim bodies

(AP)

2006-05-26

 

Search dogs led rescuers to three bodies buried under

mud and two people who had passed out on a hill,

starving, days after torrential rains triggered flash

floods in northern Thailand that killed at least 50

people, officials said Friday..

 

More than 1,000 soldiers and volunteers were using

dogs, helicopters and bare hands to search for victims

of the devastating flash floods, but work was

proceeding slowly because some areas were only

accessible by helicopter.

 

Teams dug through mud and debris for bodies in

Uttaradit province's hard-hit Tha Pla district, which

was devastated by a landslide, said Maj. Lertchai

Khaithong, chief of the search and rescue center in

Uttaradit.

 

" Dogs have helped a lot in the search for bodies and

survivors trapped in the jungle, " Lertchai said

Friday. " The dogs led rescuers to a couple who had

passed out on a hill and had been there for three

days, starving. "

 

He said the couple had scrambled up the hill to escape

the flood and had been trapped there for three days

before the dogs found them late Thursday. The dogs

also helped recover three bodies buried under the mud

on Thursday, he said.

 

In neighboring Phrae province, a team of soldiers was

led to a dead body in a jungle by a barking dog late

Thursday, said Sgt. Akadej Wannamahachai, one of four

soldiers who found the body of Surachai Senakham.

 

Surachai's body and his dog Chango were lifted out of

the area by helicopters. Local television showed

Surachai's 5-year-old daughter rushing to Chango and

crying after the dog was rescued.

 

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-05/26/content_601313.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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