Ángel Valencia has devoted his life to coach and collaborate with these extraordinary animals that, thanks to his acute smell and skilled coaching, turn a fundamental tool to locate missing people in situations of emergency.
The Civil defence of Tona no always had a canine unit. Ángel and other volunteers began like a private group until they decided to integrate his work inside the structure of the Civil defence, attaining the backrest of the city council and guaranteeing a main security for his squad and his dogs. This decision no only allowed them act with more efficiency, but also it ensured them coverage and legal backrest in each intervention.
It is important to stand out that Ángel and his squad form part of the Association of Volunteers of Civil defence of Tona. As such, are to favour of the city council of the village, operating like an organisation devoted to the prevention and collaborating actively with the local police in distinct services. His work no only centres in the rescue, but also in the prevention of risks and assistance in community events.
The squad has dogs coached in two main modalities: mantrailing and venteo. The first follow the specific trace of a person from an object impregnated with his smell, whereas the dogs of venteo detect the human smell in the air, allowing locate alive people in natural disasters like earthquakes or slides of earth. Both types of coaching require proof, discipline and a deep knowledge of the canine behaviour.
Kanda, the inseparable mate of Ángel, is a dog malinois of seven years with an impressive record of operations of rescue. Since it was a cachorra of two months and half, Ángel has worked with her in the obedience, the positive reinforcement and the development of his smell. His coaching includes the capacity to detect winds to capture the smell of missing people, as well as the physical skill to move among demolitions and terrains complicated.
One of the most defiant moments for Ángel and his squad was his participation in the rescues after the devastador earthquake of Turkey. The magnitude of the tragedy and the quantity of people sepultadas did that each minute counted. The dogs of rescue, like Kanda, worked no rest to identify possible survivors, confronting to some hostile and full surroundings of dangers. The frustration was unavoidable when they did not find people with life, but each successful finding represented the difference among the hope and the tragedy for a lot of families.
In spite of his importance, the groups of voluntary rescue like the one of Ángel Valencia confront bureaucratic obstacles that limit his capacity of action. The fault of a clear regulation and the official recognition of these units hamper his participation in operations of research without a formal request of the authorities. Ángel and his squad look for to change this situation, promoting the official recognition of the groups of canine rescue to guarantee a more fast and efficient response in emergencies.
In the meantime, the work does not detain . The canine unit of Civil defence of Tona follows coaching and taking part in exercises with other associations of rescue to improve his efficiency and prepare for future emergencies. Each day of coaching is a step more to dip it to save lives and show the value inigualable of the dogs of rescue.
The commitment and the passion of people like Ángel Valencia and his squad remember us the importance of the collaboration among humans and animals in critical situations. Kanda And his mates of the canine unit are more than simple dogs: they are true heroes of four legs that work untiringly by the welfare of the society. His work deserves recognition, support and, especially, the respect of all those that some time could need his help.
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