Well, I don't have link to that. This is why the petition was written at the time back in 2007, this was the argument against using British sniffer dogs. Kate and Gerry were back then fighting for it, the petition was to bring the UK dogs to Portugal.
Regarding the Portuguese search dogs, they are not so bad.. they search operations are the second in the world, after Canada.
::Three different agencies are responsible for providing search and rescue in Portugal. The Portuguese Navy is responsible for all sea rescues, the Portuguese Air Force[91] for all the rescues originating within the airspace, including aircraft crashes and the Autoridade Nacional de Protecção Civil (ANPC) for all inland rescues. All of the above coordinate closely with each other providing a comprehensive search and rescue service.
The Portuguese area of responsibility is the second largest in the world, only to Canada's. It compromises the Lisbon Flight Information Region (FIR) and Santa Maria FIR.[92]
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