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King's Birthday Honours: Ron Ealam recognised for work training search and rescue dogs
Photo: LandSAR There are many ways to serve a community, and Ron Ealam, from Oxford in Canterbury has been doing it, for the last few decades at least, with trusty dogs at his side. On Monday, Ealam was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his work with Land Search and Rescue over more than 50 years. For half of that he has been working with rescue dogs - developing the official search dogs training programme and becoming a national trainer and assessor. "I just quite enjoy being out there, and to actually train a dog up to achieve what we've achieved is just quite amazing," he told RNZ. He brought with him Skyla, a border collie beardie cross - one of those he has trained over the years. "They're actually a light, a very light dog that can work pretty good hours and just stop and have a rest and keep going again, and they're just full of energy." Rescue dogs were trained to recognise human scent, Ealam said. "We train them initially right from when they were a pup to indicate and follow human scent, which are skin follicles that fall off your body." And not every dog has a nose for it, he said. "It's just a matter of finding a dog that has got a good nose, and we developed that and enhance their natural ability… they're pretty amazing... once they pick up a scent, they lock onto it and they'll just stay on it." One of his most memorable rescues was an early one at Lake Kaniere in the South Island. "We got a call at 11 o'clock at night for a missing multi-sport runner at Methven, and we drove through the night and we got to Methven about six o'clock in the morning and they put us in a helicopter and took us up onto the tops. "And we searched down for probably four to six hours, and then my dog indicated on the footprint that went down a creek, and we followed the scent down to the last party and she was there - she was very cold. "And I can always remember my dog sort of cuddled up to her." The woman was airlifted out by helicopter.
Yahoo
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Missing woman found dead near Woodinville winery
The King County Sheriff's Office says they've found the body of a woman who went missing last week near a popular Woodinville winery. 'We regret to inform that just after noon today, KCSO Search and Rescue located a deceased female matching her description only 200 yards east of Young-Shin Mueller last known location,' the sheriff's office told KIRO 7. Young-Shin Mueller went missing on May 26. She was last seen near Chateau Ste. Michelle and law enforcement asked the public for help finding her. The King County Medical Examiner is now looking into her cause of death.
Al Bawaba
2 days ago
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Video: Building fire kills at least 3 in Kuwait
Published June 1st, 2025 - 10:55 GMT ALBAWABA - The Kuwait Fire Department announced that three people were killed and several others were injured after a fire that broke out in two apartments in a building in the Al-Raqqa area on early Sunday morning. Local news outlet KUNA confirmed that firefighting teams from the Shuwaikh Industrial and Ardiya centers, as well as the Search and Rescue Department, were able to put out the fire inside the building. It explained that a number of the injured were treated at the scene, while others were transferred to the hospital. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Missing Beaver County girl found safe in Ohio, multiple people facing criminal charges
Multiple people are facing criminal charges after a missing girl from Beaver County was found safe in Ohio. Isabella Phillips was reported missing from New Sewickley Township on Friday. The New Sewcikley Township Police Department said she was walking in the area of Glen Eden Road and Zeigler Road on Friday at 11 a.m. when she was last seen. Saturday night, at 11:30 p.m., the department said she was found in central Ohio and was reunited with her family. The search effort for her was massive and police say they are filing charges against multiple people because of that. At this time, their names have not been released. The following agencies aided in the search for Isabella Phillips: New Sewickley Fire District Liam Search and Rescue Lower Kiski Search Team Steel City K9 Emergency Response Team Pa Wilderness Search and Rescue Cherry Tree Volunteer Fire Department K9 Search Rocky Grove K9 Search And Rescue Lawrence County K9 Search and Rescue Air Search Rescue K9 Division Mountain Area Rescue Group Amigo Search and Rescue Dogs Emlenton Fire Department Drone Team Beaver County Unmanned Response Beaver County Emergency Services Beaver County Juvenile Services CSI Investigators Beaver County District Attorney's Office Pennsylvania State Police • FBI Pittsburgh FBI Columbus U.S. Marshals U.S. Secret Service Pittsburgh Ohio Attorney General Bureau of Criminal Investigation Mansfield Police Department Bucyrus Police Department National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 'The positive outcome from this investigation could not have been possible without the collaborative effort of many volunteer organizations and law enforcement agencies,' New Sewickley Police Chief Gregory Carney said. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Missing kayaker found safe in Jefferson County
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — UPDATE: All seven have been located, according to Jefferson County Search and Rescue. ORIGINAL: Birmingport Fire Department searching for missing kayaker The Birmingport Fire Department is searching for a kayaker on Valley Creek. Firefighters say the kayaker was part of a group of seven who capsized Saturday evening. Six of the seven have been located safe. Stay with CBS 42 as this is a developing story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
