Israel Dog Unit

The Israel Dog Unit (Hebrew: יחידת הכלבנים לישראל, often abbreviated as יכ"ל) is a civilian volunteer organization in Israel dedicated to saving lives through the use of specially trained rescue and protection dogs. According to its official website, the unit operates in several main areas: security, including training protection dogs for patrol and security missions and providing them at subsidized prices to security forces in communities or to private individuals needing personal security; and rescue and locating missing persons, where it is described as the leading civilian unit in Israel for locating missing persons and saving lives with rescue dogs. Alongside the dogs, volunteers operate drones, off-road vehicles, divers, boats, and other means to locate missing persons. The unit also rescues and rehabilitates dogs that have been abused, neglected, or abandoned. The Hebrew Wikipedia article states that the Israel Dog Unit is a volunteer organization that assists in saving lives using rescue and rescue dogs. It operates in two main areas: security – training protection dogs for patrol and security missions and transferring them at subsidized prices to security forces in communities or to private individuals needing to strengthen their personal security; and rescue and locating missing persons – locating missing persons using volunteers who operate special working dogs, drones, off-road vehicles, divers, boats, and more. The unit participates in searches based on requests from the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Services, and the Israel Defense Forces, as well as at the request of families of missing persons who contact it directly. The unit has about 400 volunteers throughout the country, 75 protection dogs assigned to security missions in communities and cities across Israel, and about 25 rescue, tracking, and cadaver dogs. To realize its vision, the unit established the Magen Eretz Israel College association, which serves as a channel for fundraising. The association's goals are defined as "a college for the study of rescue, saving lives, and cynology for locating missing persons and self-defense, workshops, educational series, Torah study, and scholarships for volunteers." The unit has a kennel and boarding school in Kfar Tapuach, and branches in Efrat and Sde Bar Farm-Nokdim. Trainees combine studies in cynology and professions related to rescue, saving lives, and defense, along with volunteering in patrols to protect communities and participation in searches for missing persons. The unit is active in security for communities, raising and placing protection dogs in communities in Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem, the Negev, and the Galilee. These protection dogs are given or sold at a subsidized price – as patrol dogs for community patrols or as protection dogs for families living in exposed points on the community border without sufficient protection. The unit also conducts courses, seminars, workshops, and training for the general public to teach proper operation and maintenance of the dogs. In locating missing persons, the unit operates special working dogs, drones, jeeps, divers, boats, and more in searches for missing persons. It is considered the leading unit in Israel in locating missing persons. Teams of dog handlers with tracking dogs, rescue dogs, or cadaver dogs are sent to assist and even manage the command center in searches for missing persons. The unit receives daily requests from families of missing persons, police stations, fire stations, the military, and other rescue units. The protection dogs that the Israel Dog Unit provides to families and the security system in communities sometimes serve as the first and last line of defense for communities or families living on the border of their communities. These dogs have prevented countless attacks and complement any defensive system that exists in the community, whether the community has a fence, sensors, and cameras.

The Israel Dog Unit (Hebrew: יחידת הכלבנים לישראל, often abbreviated as יכ"ל) is a volunteer organization in Israel that assists in saving lives using rescue and protection dogs. According to its official website, the unit engages in saving human lives with special rescue and protection dogs. It also rescues and rehabilitates a significant portion of these dogs that have been abused, neglected, and abandoned in the capital and other places around the country. The unit operates in several main areas: security – training protection dogs for patrol and security missions and transferring them at subsidized prices to security forces in communities or to private individuals needing to strengthen their personal security; the unit also conducts courses, seminars, workshops, and training to qualify dog operators, as a service to the general public. Rescue and locating missing persons – it is the leading civilian unit in the country for locating missing persons and saving lives with rescue dogs. Alongside the dogs, volunteers operate drones, off-road vehicles, divers, boats, and more to locate missing persons. Rehabilitation and rescue of dogs. The Hebrew Wikipedia article states that the Israel Dog Unit is a volunteer organization that assists in saving lives using rescue and rescue dogs. It operates in two main areas: security – training protection dogs for patrol and security missions and transferring them at subsidized prices to security forces in communities or to private individuals needing to strengthen their personal security; the unit also conducts courses, seminars, workshops, and training to qualify dog operators, as a service to the general public. Rescue and locating missing persons – locating missing persons using volunteers who operate special working dogs, drones, off-road vehicles, divers, boats, and more. The unit participates in searches based on requests from the Israel Police, the Fire and Rescue Services, and the IDF, as well as at the request of families of missing persons who contact it directly. The unit has about 400 volunteers throughout the country, 75 protection dogs assigned to security missions in communities and cities across Israel, and about 25 rescue, tracking, and cadaver dogs. To realize its vision, the unit established the Magen Eretz Israel College association, which serves as a channel for fundraising. The association's goals are defined as "a college for the study of rescue, saving lives, and cynology for locating missing persons and self-defense, workshops, educational series, Torah study, and scholarships for volunteers." The unit has a kennel and boarding school in Kfar Tapuach, and branches in Efrat and Sde Bar Farm-Nokdim. Trainees combine studies in cynology and professions related to rescue, saving lives, and defense, along with volunteering in patrols to protect communities and participation in searches for missing persons. The unit is active in security for communities, raising and placing protection dogs in communities in Judea and Samaria, Jerusalem, the Negev, and the Galilee. These protection dogs are given or sold at a subsidized price – as patrol dogs for community patrols or as protection dogs for families living in exposed points on the community border without sufficient protection. The unit also conducts courses, seminars, workshops, and training for the general public to teach proper operation and maintenance of the dogs. In locating missing persons, the unit operates special working dogs, drones, jeeps, divers, boats, and more in searches for missing persons. It is considered the leading unit in Israel in locating missing persons. Teams of dog handlers with tracking dogs, rescue dogs, or cadaver dogs are sent to assist and even manage the command center in searches for missing persons. The unit receives daily requests from families of missing persons, police stations, fire stations, the military, and other rescue units. The protection dogs that the Israel Dog Unit provides to families and the security system in communities sometimes serve as the first and last line of defense for communities or families living on the border of their communities. These dogs have prevented countless attacks and complement any defensive system that exists in the community, whether the community has a fence, sensors, and cameras. After suspicious movement is detected, a dog handler with a dog can be called to locate the terrorist. In many cases, even the most sophisticated fence, equipped with sensors and under the supervision of a command center manned by the army, is not enough, such as the case of the Fogel family massacre and many other cases. A patrolman who receives an alert about a fence touch and searches using sophisticated night vision equipment may not locate a terrorist hiding nearby and may move on, leaving behind a terrorist determined to carry out his plan. A patrolman operating a dog will expose the terrorist in his hiding place and can even prevent infiltration in advance if he patrols with the dog proactively. The rescue department in the unit conducts daily training with tracking, rescue, and cadaver dogs. The defense department in the unit conducts weekly training in Gush Etzion and Kfar Tapuach. Members of the unit and people who received dogs from the unit meet to learn how to properly control the dog, what proper maintenance is, and how to operate the dog optimally to provide protection for the owner and the community. The unit's trainer, a top professional in the country, goes on a round among the various centers where dogs trained by the unit are scattered, for ongoing training. The unit's official website features news items, including a story about a Purim rescue, and mentions that the unit is ready for any scenario, including training for rescuing trapped individuals after a building collapse. The website also highlights cooperation with the IDF in searches for missing persons, such as the search for Moishy Kleinerman, and praise from Rabbi Kanievsky for the unit's activities.

Leading civilian unit in Israel for locating missing persons and saving lives with rescue dogs; provides subsidized protection dogs for community security.

• Protection dogs

  Trained protection dogs for patrol and security missions, provided at subsidized prices to security forces in communities or private individuals.

• Rescue dogs

  Special rescue dogs used for locating missing persons and saving lives.

• Tracking dogs

  Dogs trained for tracking and locating missing persons.

• Cadaver dogs

  Dogs trained to locate human remains.

• Dog handling courses and seminars

  Courses, seminars, workshops, and training for qualifying dog operators, open to the general public.

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