“We have five dogs on the site”, quantified this Tuesday Major Jean Marie, of the national dog investigation group of the gendarmerie, regarding the search for the rest of the bones of little Émile, 2 and a half years old, who disappeared in the hamlet of Haut-Vernet last July. After several days of investigations following the discovery of the little boy's skull by a walker, hopes are turning to the gendarmerie's dog teams, made up of dog handlers and especially their animals, specially chosen and trained for 14 weeks to intervene in this type of investigation.
Each year, nearly 250 dogs are tested to join the National Dog Training Center of the Gramat Gendarmerie (CNICG), the school which trains these excellent dogs, only to retain nearly 100 at the end. . “The selection criteria are robustness, loyalty, the capacity for self-sacrifice in work,” explains Colonel Pascal Ségui, commander of the Cnig.
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