Search for Lost Sheriff's K-9 DEM #01-1247 May 23, 2001

The Unit was contacted by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday the 23^rd of May. They were requesting as many Mountain Rescue volunteers as possible to Search for Ferro, a Pierce County Sheriff's German Shepard that had disappeared the night before while tracking three suspected car thieves just north of Greenwater.

A call out was made at the time; however, no Unit members could respond at that time. Another call out was made later in the day for Wednesday evening. Three members responded: Chris Berryman, Mike Mixon, and Alan Givotovsky. They along with searchers from other Units in the Pierce County Search and Rescue Council and search teams from King County spent the night searching. Though numerous potential sightings and reports of barking and howling were made none of them resulted in the recovery of the dog. Chris, Mike and Alan returned to Tacoma Thursday morning.

A third call out was made Thursday night for Friday morning. Three members responded. Greg Lane, Ken Capron and David McElmurray. However, problems with the search truck prevented Ken and Greg from responding the next morning. Two other members, Fran Martoglio and Chris Berryman, were able to respond later in the morning. The search was called off Friday evening without the recovery of the Sheriff's K-9.

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