救援犬係負責幫手喺有需要嘅時候去揾同埋救人嘅,一般都係喺天災意外、或者犯罪之後會用到[1]。因為狗有特別嘅嗅覺能力,能夠好快咁聞到人嘅味,所以會快過淨係用人揾[2]。救援犬有試過喺好多山旮旯嘅地方揾到人,例如地底、水底、下面、同埋冧咗嘅大廈底等等,所以佢哋對救援行動都係有一個好重要嘅貢獻[3][4]

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  2. Fenton, Vikki (August 1992). "The use of dogs in search, rescue and recovery". Journal of Wilderness Medicine (英文). 3 (3): 292–300. doi:10.1580/0953-9859-3.3.292.
  3. Lockett, Michael S. (November 4, 2019). "Keeping a nose out: SEADOGS takes guesswork out of searches". Juneau Empire.
  4. Glavaš, Vedrana; Pintar, Andrea (September 2019). "Human Remains Detection Dogs as a New Prospecting Method in Archaeology". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (英文). 26 (3): 1106–1124. doi:10.1007/s10816-018-9406-y. ISSN 1072-5369.