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groundSAR South Africa<\/h1>\n

(Ground Search and Rescue South Africa)<\/h2>\n

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Who are we?<\/h3>\n

We are volunteers in Search and Rescue.<\/p>\n

What do we do?<\/h3>\n

We train our dogs to find missing people in wilderness areas.<\/p>\n

How do our dogs find people?<\/h3>\n

Our dogs find a person either by using the wind (air scenting) or by following where the person walked (tracking \/ mantrailing).<\/p>\n

Air scenting:<\/strong> the dog works off leash and uses its nose and the wind: the stronger the wind is, the further away a dog can pick up someone\u2019s scent. When the dog picks up scent on the wind, it then follows the scent all the way to the missing person and then returns to call its handler (usually by barking) and show the way back to the missing person.<\/p>\n

Mantrailing:<\/strong> the dog works on a long line and uses its nose to follow where the missing person walked. Thus the dog and handler arrive at the missing person together.<\/p>\n

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How can you help?<\/h3>\n

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• Come and help at our training by hiding for our dogs.<\/li>\n
• Book one of our dog\/handler teams for some SAR entertainment at your child\u2019s birthday party.<\/li>\n
• Donate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  What do we do with donations?<\/h3>\n

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  • We buy equipment for our unit.<\/li>\n
  • We pay the travelling costs for our members when they are deployed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    groundSAR is a registered
    \nnon profit organization
    \n207-668 NPO<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Bank Details:<\/h4>\n

    Account Name:<\/strong> Ground Search and Rescue
    \nFirst National Bank<\/strong>
    \nBranch Code:<\/strong> 254004
    \nAccount No:<\/strong> 6279 202 3823
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    Connect With Us<\/h2>\n

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    info@gsar.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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