Photo: Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association
An interesting donation from a young boy in Kansas is going a long way to help a group of working dogs.
The child donated the tonsils he needed to have removed to the Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association, which used the donation during a training session for its human remains detection (HRD) dogs — also known as cadaver dogs — on Sunday, the organization shared on Facebook.
According to the post from theKansas Search and Rescue Dog Association, the young donor got to watch the dogs search for his tonsils in a designated training area, which appeared to be a wide open space with some thorny brush. The boy and his little brother also had the opportunity to hide from the detection dogs and have the canines sniff them out.
In thephotos the organization postedon Facebook, a boy with glasses, a navy sweatshirt, and blue jeans pets a light-colored dog during the training day for the HRD canines.
Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association
“[The boys] followed the trailing dogs on a search, and they made sure the dogs got extra love,” the Kansas Search and Rescue Dog Association said on Facebook, adding that it “was a fun day for everyone!”
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“People have knee surgery, they candonate the bone and tissue from the surgery,” Stanley told the station. “It helps our team to have newer human remains.”
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She added that registering to donate bone or tissue to the organization only takes a few steps.
“It is a simple process,” Stanley said. “They sign a form and then give it to their doctor to sign, and then they can call us, and we will pick up the item.”
source: people.com
