All eyes were on Chulio, a good boy who helped in the rescue of a senior citizen on the third day of the search & rescue operation after the district police failed to locate a missing 85-year-old man.
The 5-year-old pup, who marched up the podium on Tuesday (May 31st) accompanied by its handler Kpl Tony Matiu Farang to receive its award, a medal, and a bag of dog kibbles for its involvement in the May 11th operation.
Photo via Malay Mail
Very well deserved if you ask us!
According to Malay Mail, the state police contingent K9 unit chief Sgt V. Gunalan said Chulio was roped into the operation to look for the senior citizen who was reported missing on May 8th.
“This is the second time Chulio, whose specialty is sniffing out dead bodies, was involved in a search and rescue operation,” he said, adding that the first operation was in April when Chulio provided its assistance to locate a hiker who was found buried under 1.5 meters of Earth at Tanah Rata.
He also added that the police doggo, weighing 39 kilograms was purchased at a price tag of RM38,450 and was trained at the Malaysian Police Training Centre (Pulapol) for two years after its arrival from England before it was transferred to Perak.
Photo via Malay Mail
Chulio successfully located the man at about 10:30 am after he was given a piece of the missing man’s clothing to sniff.
The man was found dead near a river.
Ahh, this is heartbreaking! Our sincere condolences go out to the man’s family.
By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat
