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AIR SCENT DOG [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

Airscent usually refers to search dogs that use airscenting techniques to search areas. Airscent dogs work with their nose in the air, will ignore ground scent and will follow and locate people by catching the "hot" scent of people on the wind.

Key term(s)
  • air-scent dog

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

[...] les chiens de questage, qui sillonnent un périmètre et signalent, par leurs aboiements, toute personne présente. Ils sont très utiles pour retrouver rapidement, et sans trop de moyens humains, des individus disparus en milieu rural.

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