Search and rescue dogs from all around the world are arriving in Japan to aid earthquake and tsunami victims. These highly skilled dogs, partnered with firefighters and other first responders, play a vital role in finding human victims who are buried alive in the wreckage.
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A US rescue team sniffer dog from Virginia searches the wreckage of a house for victims during rescue operations in the devastated city of Ofunato on March 15, 2011 as the country struggles to cope following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team member carries one of the group's sniffer dogs to keep him safe from from broken glass at the tsunami-destroyed fish market. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
A Swiss rescue worker and a search and rescue dog named Toni prepare to leave for Japan at the Swiss Air Rescue Base in Kloten, Switzerland CHIEFSWORLD
U.S. search and rescue dogs sit on cots set up by U.S. and British rescue teams in a school gymnasium in Sumita, northern Japan on Monday. Two search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles County in the U.S., along with a team from the U.K., joined efforts. Around 225 personnel have arrived there to aid earthquake and tsunami victims. (AP/Matt Dunham)
A US rescue dog searches for survivors in Ofunato on Tuesday March 15, 2011, after a devastating 8.9 earthquake and tsunami. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. search and rescue dogs sit on cots set up by U.S. and British rescue teams in a school gymnasium in Sumita, northern Japan on Monday. Two search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles County in the U.S., along with a team from the U.K., joined efforts. Around 225 personnel have arrived there to aid earthquake and tsunami victims. (AP/Matt Dunham)
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