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I know of a mule - not trained for air scenting - that
alerted on a several day old cadaver that had been missed by searchers and SAR
Dogs.
As Terry mentioned, if riders pay
more attention to their mount, many messages can be received from that mount
doing a "natural" / untrained air scent or use of other equine senses. I suspect
if the pre-search briefing for the Mounted on this cadaver (assuming fairly
recent) search is very specific about watching the horse / mule for "what's
that?" / distracted behavior there is good potential a good search pattern
would be successful. The search strategy should take into condition the
prevailing winds at that time, and riders should also be aware of any wind
shifts. SAR Dog handlers are trained think of things like this, but MSAR riders
aren't.
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Jorene Downs Tulare SAR - Hasty Team ICP Team www.ceoates.com/sar Tulare-Kings CERT www.tk-cert.org
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