(GNR dog-handler report)
What would be the point of search-and-rescue dogs trained to track an individual and unique scent?
Two sorts of dogs were used;
Sargeant Silva - Dog: Timmy
Officer Cortez - Dog: Sacha
Officer Sousa - Dog: Kolly/Cookie
Officer Rosa - Dog: Oscar
Officer Martins - Dog: Fusco
Officer Fernandes - Dog: Rex/ Zarus
Officer Fernandes with Rex and Zarus from the tracking team)
they tried to reconstruct the route the girl might have taken with the two tracker dogs. For this purpose the dogs were given a blanket to sniff, provided by the parents, which had been used by Madeleine.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GNR_SNIFFER.htmOfficer Fernandez. however, tells us he was given a towel;
On the 4th of May of the current year, around 22H30, he was asked to use the dogs in conjunction with a search that attempted to retrace the steps taken by the missing minor. His role was to use the dogs' skills by allowing them to sniff a towel which had supposedly been used by the minor in question.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PEDRO_ESTEVES.htmIf was these two
tracker dogs who took the route described (left from apartment, left to passageway, left up the road then right twoards the parking area etc.)