Tango the Hero Search and Rescue Dog Finds Lost Teen 3 Hours After They Went Missing
Pennington County Sheriff's Office/Facebook
Take a bow, Tango!
According to KELO, Tango, the search and rescue dog, put their skills to use and helped South Dakota's Pennington County Sheriff's Office find a missing 17-year-old.
The teen's family reported that their child went missing on Saturday around 6:00 p.m. In response to the call, the Pennington County Sheriff's Office worked with the Pennington County Search and Rescue K-9 Team, the U.S. Forest Service, and South Dakota's Game, Fish, and Parks Department to create a search party to look for the teen near Pactola Reservoir.
Even though the search had plenty of manpower, it was a dog who found the missing person. Tango, a trained canine with the Pennington County Search and Rescue K-9 Team, was the first to locate the missing teen and led human searchers to the child, according to a Facebook post from the Pennington County Sheriff's Office.
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"Search dog 'Tango' was deployed from the area the teen was last seen and was able to lead searchers to the missing teen who was found safe and unharmed around 9:30 p.m. and reunited with family," the post shared.
Tango isn't the only hero dog hard at work. Earlier this month, Mercy the bloodhound, a K9 officer with a Florida sheriff's department, used her nose to find a 12-year-old girl who went missing during Tropical Storm Elsa. Mercy was able to sniff through thick woods and find the missing child, ensuring her safety.
