Dogs to the rescue in Scotland – in pictures
Last modified on Tue 29 Dec 2020 05.54 EST Dog Tom, as he is known to his mountain rescue colleagues, has spent close to three decades searching for lost and injured souls across Scotlandâs most breathtaking and treacherous terrain. But his memory of that first call-out is as clear as unbroken snow. Tom Gilchrist and his dog, then a Border collie named Orna, were dropped off by helicopter just before dawn on to the Five Sisters of Kintail, an 8km ridge that rises steeply out of Glen Shiel in the north-west Highlands. âThe sun was rising and the dog just went off, following a scent....
Source: theguardian.com