Watch: The canine unit is searching for a missing person on the Bat Galim promenade - Haifa

The national canine unit (volunteers) went out tonight to the Bat Galim boardwalk to search for an 80-year-old man who left his house and did not return.

Update: The missing person returned home safely at midnight

Watch the video with the dog unit: Dodi, Yoel and Alfie

The elderly man, a resident of Russia, told his family that he was going to swim in the sea and since then he has been lost.
The Haifa police went on a search together with the canine unit.
The only canine unit based on volunteers spread all over the country and run as part of a non-profit organization. The unit has been operating for many years and has a large number of successes to its credit, including the discovery of missing persons alive and the discovery of bodies.

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In the Haifa district, operations officer Dodi Mayblom, who responds to every call about a missing person, goes out every hour with his friends to the field.
The volunteer Yoel, who drives the dog Alfie, worked at Dodi Mayblom's side this evening.

Yoel and Alfie together specialize in searching for living missing persons. Yoel explains that missing people have a special characteristic, which is capable of being identified over a wide area.
During the search, Yoel frees Alfie and she enthusiastically runs along the Bat Galim beach looking for people who are lying motionless and in need of help.
Uncle Mayblom explained to us tonight that searches at night are easier than during the day, because at night the boardwalk is almost empty of people and therefore it is easier for Alfie to detect the scents of people in distress.
Dodi Yoel and Alfie continued their search into the night and we wish her well if they found the missing person. Tomorrow we will report the results of the searches.

At midnight, a message was received in Hai Pa that the missing man had been located and returned safely to his home and family.

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