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Home » Search-and-Rescue Chihuahua ?

Search-and-Rescue Chihuahua ?

January 1, 2025 by

Yep! In Nara, Japan, Momo, or Peach, a long-coated Chihuahua, officially joined the police department’s search-and-rescue unit in 2010. She passed the notoriously rigorous exam and became smallest police dog in the country. Her tiny six-pound body was ideal for burrowing in the rubble and squeezing through tight spaces in search of earthquake victims.

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