Trina, a Labrador from Sweden, had found a missing teenager in Waikoloa just a month earlier.
Who is Trina, the police dog behind the rescue?
A 70-year-old man who went missing while hiking in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was found by a three-year-old police Labrador named Trina on Monday. Authorities began searching for David Arai after he had not been seen for more than 24 hours, according to the Hawaii Police Department . She is also described as scent-discriminating, which means she can follow the scent of a particular individual.
His son, Kaohe, told local television station KHON2 that his father often went hiking alone. The dog eventually tracked him down about two miles from his rental vehicle, marking her second successful rescue in two months. Arai, who lives on Oahu, was familiar with the national park and frequently explored its trails. This time, however, his absence led to a search involving police officers, national park personnel and a helicopter. Personnel from the police department and national park quickly began to search the surrounding area, while the Hawaii Fire Department deployed a helicopter to assist from above. Trina is trained as a live-find human tracking canine, a specialised police dog that helps locate missing people. Her work with the Hawaii Police Department involves searches for missing children and endangered adults across Hawaii Island.
Investigators treated his disappearance as an endangered missing-person case after considering his age and information gathered during their investigation.