Mounted search and rescue

["Shirley Cox" <shirley1950@bellsouth.net>]

I usually do not respond with an opinion, but it truly saddens me that some 
of the SAR units are no longer in existence.  North Georgia Mounted Search 
and Rescue is active, training and ready to aid our surrounding counties 
whenever needed, in hopes we can be of assistance to our community and help 
bring some relief to a grieving family.

The training we all do, is not only beneficial for SAR, but in many ways, 
can play an important role in working with horses, playing with horses or 
just plain everyday life.  A SAR unit is a team that stems from the heart, 
not the amount of frequency you are called, or that one team my be called 
more than another.  It is about being ready to help whenever needed and 
knowing that our passion for horses can be put to a greater use.   We 
believe in training for tomorrow, but hope that tomorrow never comes.   To 
us that means that no family is worried or suffering because someone is lost 
or missing.  But when it does, we are there.

It doesn't take a large group, just a dedicated group with trust in one 
another and the heart and hopes that we can be of service to our community.

Just my thoughts,

Shirley Cox, Secretary
NGMSAR
-----Original Message----- 
From: Una Smith
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 4:26 PM
To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [MSAR] Mounted SAR news in your area?
How have you been?  I'd like to hear!

Here in northern New Mexico USA all the mounted SAR teams have been busy.
Several of our state police districts have been running far above average
in number of SAR missions.  We even have a new team over in Farmington.

Mounted teams are so valuable for the greater distance and speed they can
travel compared to a searcher on foot, potential for the rider to focus
on detecting clues while the horse negotiates the terrain, and potential
for the horse to detect (air scent) the subject.  It helps that our state
SAR Resource Officer is a former mounted SAR responder.

Una Smith
Los Alamos, New Mexico
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