USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What word triggered Ranger to use his skills as a search and rescue dog?
A
squirrel
B
find
C
sit
D
go get ‘em Ranger
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Search and rescue (SAR) dogs spring into action assisting humans during difficult times. They track people lost in the wilderness or those lost after a natural disaster. SAR dogs find Alzheimer’s patients who have wandered away from a care facility.

Detailed explanation-2: -Search and rescue dogs are trained to find people who are lost in the wilderness, buried beneath avalanches, drowning, or those trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. Search and rescue dogs can specialize in finding people alive in the hopes of rescuing them, or help law enforcement by locating human remains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dogs possess about 40 times the number of olfactory cells compared to humans and are therefore irreplaceable helpers in the search for missing persons or the rescue of buried persons due to their distinctive sense of smell.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1660, the venerable St. Bernard dog was first used in the West Alps to accompany the Augustine monks of the Great St. Bernard Hospice, established to find and save lost and injured travelers along the dangerous St. Bernard’s Mountain Pass.

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