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On Monday evening, an alarmed resident of the Šalčininkai district appealed to the border guards at the Gintaras Žagunis firebreak of the Varėna border team of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) for help. He informed the border guards that he had left Poškoniai village about 6 hours ago and that his 56-year-old relative had not returned to a nearby house in Stakai village.
Border guards at the G. Žagunis firewall also received a request from the police to help the loser.
Immediately, a firebreak cynologist G. Žagunis with a four-year-old Dutch shepherd, Hercules, was sent for help. Arriving at a place where the man might have been for the last time before being brought home, Hercules was ordered to follow in his footsteps. The four-legged ones smelled them immediately and began to lead the border guards.
The search through meadows and forests took about 20 minutes before the footprint reached a tree-covered area near the local traffic road. Here Herkus reported finding a man barking. The missing man lay motionless in a ditch a few feet from the road, but he was conscious. This place is one mile from your home.
Border guards inspected the speaker, spoke, and pulled him out of the way. The man did not need medical help. Soon, SBGS officers turned the man over to his visiting relatives.
Currently, the SBGS has 125 service dogs. Most of the quadrupeds are Belgian and German shepherds, there are also 3 Dutch shepherds, a Hungarian vizsla and a Russian spaniel.
Border guards are indispensable helpers in stopping border offenders, smugglers, illegal migrants, and other criminals, as well as detecting illicit substances. The help of border dogs is often needed in case of missing persons or to explain thefts.
