Karma, a Hungarian rescue dog, stood on the top step of the medal podium at the 1st FCI World Individual Rescue Dog Championships, held between 16-21 August in the northern Italian town of Provaglio d’Iseo, the news site 24.hu reports.
As the National Directorate General of the Ministry of Civil Protection has announced on a social media page Karma achieved the highest overall score, ahead of her Austrian and Danish competitors.
The dog teams from 18 countries competed in three phases – tracking or area search or debris search.
The master of the seven-year-old Malinois rescue dog is Sarolta Leczki, a senior firefighter working in the Budapest Fire Brigade.
The members of the Hungarian team were delegated to the world competition by the Association of National Associations of Hungarian E-breeders (MEOESZ), while the professional management of the team was coordinated by the Pest County Research and Rescue Service, a member organization of MEOESZ.
The Rescue Dog Association of Pécs and the Budapest Emergency Services Directorate participated in the preparation of the competitors, the social media report adds.
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