- By Andrew Dawkins
- BBC News, West Midlands
The family said they were “not losing hope” of finding Scamp
A dog who has actually been missing out on for 12 days was not discovered throughout a search including a drone.
Scamp and his owner, Aiden Curran, from Solihull, who has dementia, vanished while out for their day-to-day walk.
Following a search including a cops helicopter, the 82-year-old was found 15 hours later on.
But while Birmingham Airport permitted for the drone on Thursday, the 12-year-old black and white Border Collie has actually not been discovered.
Scamp had actually gone missing out on throughout a walk around Elmdon and Catherine-de-Barnes on 17 June and the owner was later on discovered at the airport.
His niece, Hollie McMullan, said a child of her auntie’s neighbour had actually been “pressing with the air traffic control service” and got consent for the drone to be utilized on Thursday.
‘Very unique’
People associated with the search operation said they had actually approached the Drone SAR For Lost Dogs UK group, which put them in touch with a drone pilot.
A search location within about a four-mile radius was drawn up and a drone was utilized that consisted of a basic video camera and thermal imaging video camera.
Image source, John Watton
A drone is being utilized in an effort to discover the much-loved animal
Asked where she believed the dog was last seen, prior to Thursday’s search, the niece said her uncle had actually discussed a field a couple of times.
But she included: “It is truly difficult to sort of determine one location to start looking, so we have actually simply sort of looked all over.”
Ms McMullan said Scamp was black and white on his muzzle and the dog had a “extremely unique” black dot on it.
“He’s likewise obese, however undoubtedly we took into account the reality that if he’s been out for this quantity of time, he would have lost some weight,” she said.
“We’re not quiting, not losing hope.”
