"Her whole life was a search": remembering Hanna, a rescue dog who helped find over 170 people – photos
A rescue dog who helped find more than 170 people has died. Hanna, a Doberman, worked in hot spots and at scenes of recent Russian attacks.
Source: the Antares search and rescue dog unit in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on Facebook
Details: Hanna was diagnosed with a terminal illness a year ago, the unit reported.
She was involved in searches both for missing people and for bodies and remains. She worked with the police, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and On the Shield, a project focusing on bringing home the bodies of fallen service members.
Hanna took part in hundreds of searches and search and rescue missions in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts.
She worked at some extremely challenging locations following Russian missile strikes in Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Kramatorsk, Selydove, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and many other settlements.
Antares said Hanna helped bring over 170 people "back from oblivion". On one occasion she found a person alive on the seventh day after they had gone missing.
In addition, the Doberman was involved in therapeutic visits and mental health support. She was even allowed into the intensive care unit of a hospital in Lviv.
A year ago, Hanna was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given two to three months to live. She continued to rescue and help people throughout the last year of her life.
Quote from Antares: "She wasn't just a dog – she was a Soul and a Person… She lived her life for people and did far more in her life than some people do.
Her whole life was a search. Hanna sacrificed her health and received her diagnosis while working in areas of intense fighting and Russian attacks. One of her missions in recent months hastened her death. [...] This is a huge loss which is hard to accept."
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