After picking up the scent, Zen energetically emerges with a sign of life - a rope tug toy - from the snow den, masquerading, for the purposes of the training exercise, as an avalanche.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Zen, a 5-year-old border collie, circled friskily around a mound of snow as he picked up a scent, his quick movements ...

This photo released by the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, shows the place where three skiers were buried by an avalanche on Giau Pass on March 16 ...

Zen, an avalanche Border Collie, attends a training with the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps in Col Gallina, near Cortina D'Ampezzo, northern Italy, Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

After picking up the scent, Zen energetically emerged with a sign of life — a rope tug toy — from the snow den masquerading, for the purposes of the training exercise, as an avalanche.

Zen the Border Collie Teaches Other Dogs How to Rescue People in Italy's Avalanche-Prone Dolomites CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Zen, a 5-year-old border collie, circled friskily around a ...

After picking up the scent, Zen energetically emerged with a sign of life — a rope tug toy — from the snow den masquerading, for the purposes of the training exercise, as an avalanche.

After picking up the scent, Zen energetically emerged with a sign of life — a rope tug toy — from the snow den masquerading, for the purposes of the training exercise, as an avalanche.

Zen has been a rescue dog for three years, and on this day, he was setting an example for 20 others dogs being certified for avalanche rescue in the heart of the Italian Dolomites, where the ...

Avalanche dog Brina is praised by her trainer Silvia Anselmetto during a training session with the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps in Col Gallina, near Cortina D'Ampezzo ...

Avalanche dog Brina is praised by her trainer Silvia Anselmetto during a training session with the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps in Col Gallina, near Cortina D'Ampezzo ...

Avalanches involving people who need rescue in Italy have doubled since the turn of the century from a rolling average of 30 a year to 60, according to the AINEVA snow and avalanche monitoring ...