24 April 2004
Yorkshire Post
They have become national heroes, called upon to take part in many of the country's most high-profile murder investigations.Yet South Yorkshire Police's two 'body dogs' started out as an unwanted pet and a stray destined for the dogs' home. Crime Correspondent Kate O'Hara reports.
SNIFFING out tiny traces of blood in murder cases and tracking down buried human remains is a job only two specialists in Britain are qualified to do.
Two-and-a-half-year-old springer spaniel Eddie and partner Frankie - a four-year-old border collie - are experts who come second to none in their line of work.
Their keen noses take them under floorboards, through rivers and woodland, and into lofts and caves. They are fully passported, and have been transported far and wide by plane and helicopter.
And their professionalism and success rate are such that when the FBI called on their services recently, they were simply too busy to help.
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Yorkshire Post
They have become national heroes, called upon to take part in many of the country's most high-profile murder investigations.Yet South Yorkshire Police's two 'body dogs' started out as an unwanted pet and a stray destined for the dogs' home. Crime Correspondent Kate O'Hara reports.
SNIFFING out tiny traces of blood in murder cases and tracking down buried human remains is a job only two specialists in Britain are qualified to do.
Two-and-a-half-year-old springer spaniel Eddie and partner Frankie - a four-year-old border collie - are experts who come second to none in their line of work.
Their keen noses take them under floorboards, through rivers and woodland, and into lofts and caves. They are fully passported, and have been transported far and wide by plane and helicopter.
And their professionalism and success rate are such that when the FBI called on their services recently, they were simply too busy to help.
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Attracta Harron,
Charlotte Pinkney,
Eddie,
Frankie,
Jodi Jones,
John Ellis,
Leanne Tiernan,
Martin Grime,
Shafilea Ahmed,
Shane Collier,
South Yorkshire Police,
Trevor Hamilton
