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Saturday, 13 May 2023 09:24

Missing elderly gentleman, Higher Ashton

Callout 11/2023 - Higher Ashton 18:00 12th May 2023

The Team were alerted to search for an elderly gentleman with dementia who had left his home in Higher Ashton at lunchtime and had not returned. As the Team gathered, D&C Police collected sightings of him on a road leaving the village. Fortunately the DSRTA search dog teams were on Dartmoor for a SARDA training weekend, so we were joined by 3 other search dogs from across the country and the 5 dog teams were tasked to search likely areas along the road. As further foot teams were being formed the gentleman was found by one of the dog teams in the corner of a field. Luckily he had only sustained minor injuries, and could walk back to the road escorted by a team member, and was picked up by Land Rover and returned to his family who were anxiously waiting. After a quick medical check with a Team medic, he returned home with his family.

Our thanks to the Great Barn for use of their car park, and residents of Higher Ashton who laid on refreshments at the village hall.

Published in Callouts 2023

2 new 4-legged members

We are now proud to welcome two new team members, brother and sister Mountain Rescue Search Dogs Amber and Binnie (aka Bill). They passed rigorous assessment, searching five areas on mountains in the Lake District over the last three days.

Throughout their intensive training they have shown what a huge asset they will be on call-outs, and it is the first time we have had dogs on our team in over fifteen years.

Congratulations

to their handlers Paula Holbrook and Chris Tuckett, who have continued with their other team responsibilities in addition to the demands of search dog training locally on #dartmoor three times a week and nationally in UK mountainous regions for three days a month.

Thank you to team members and other volunteers, in particular Pete Sherman, for countless hours hiding waiting to be found. In reality, it is these brave 'bodies' that train and motivate the dogs to find.

All 4 newly qualified search dogs in the region featured on BBC Spotlight recently - here's a video of the report

Published in News