A K-9 deputy found two missing children in less than 20 minutes, and is being praised across social media for doing so.
WRIC reported that the Powhatan Sheriff's Office in Powhatan, Virginia, said its K-9 Bane was brought in to help deputies, parents and neighbors locate two 8-year-old children who went missing around dusk Saturday.
"Parents and neighbors had valiantly been searching the woods for the children for 45 minutes in the failing daylight when the call was made to the Sheriff's Office," the department said in a Sunday Facebook post. "Deputies (including K-9 Bane) joined the effort in short order. Within 15 minutes of K-9 Bane entering the woods he was able to track and locate the children. As soon as the children were home safe he was back on patrol eager for the next call for service."
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According to the department, K-9 programs are expensive to maintain and is unusual for an agency the size of the Powhatan Sheriff's Office. Since posting about Bane's work, the department says it has received donation inquiries. A Facebook page has been set up for Bane and a tax-deductible account has been set up to continue training and equipment for K-9s in the department.
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