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The 14. IRO SAR Dog World Championship begins on 30th of June and lasts until 06th of July 2008. The Town of Samobor is a co organizer of this competition that will be held in Croatia for the first time.
A great number of competitors have been entered thus far - 120 dogs and their leaders will compete in three disciplines: rubble search, area search and trail search. All off them will also compete in obedience and dexterity disciplines which will be held on the FC Samobor Stadium. The search areas are on Plešivica and on Sava river banks. All the competitions will be open to public which will therefore be able to see the world's best search and rescue dogs at work.
The competitors are primarily from Europe, but also from Japan, Korea and Uruguay. It is not even necessary to point out that all of Samobor's boarding capacities are already full as each team is headed by a team leader, and of course followed by supporters. The official World Championship website is www.iro-sp2008.com.hr. A list of all the competitors as well as all the competition details will be published on this site.
The official competition program will start on the 02nd of July at 16:00 hrs with a parade of all competitors and dogs which starts on the main Samobor town square and finishes at the FC Samobor Stadium.
The competitions in searching, obedience and dexterity will start on the 3rd of July and will last until the last day of the Championship. The winners in all disciplines will be pronounced on the 6th of July at 15:00 hrs on the Samobor Stadium.
We invite you to give media exposure to the 14th IRO SAR Dog World Championship, Samobor 2008 even before it begins in order to arouse public interest and knowledge of the humanitarian work of dog leaders and their dogs
CROATIAN RESCUE DOG ASSOCIATION
CRDA is a non-profit association specialized for the education of dog handlers and their dogs for the necessities of search and rescue missions in rubbles, forests, avalanches, land slides and similar situations. It was founded in June 2004, and has been a member of the International Rescue Dog Association since October 2004. CRDA is organized as a specialized organization on a national level in Croatia, and our members also form a specialized unit in the Civil Service. All CRDA members are exclusively volunteers and commit their free time to train themselves and their dogs in order to be as prepared as possible for terrain service. www.huopp.hr
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE DOG ORGANIZATION
The International Rescue Dog Organisation, IRO, was founded in 1993 in Sweden during 5th International Rescue Dog Symposium. IRO works in cooperation with the UN, to be precise with INSARAG (International Search And Rescue Advisory Group) which organizes and coordinates rescue missions in the world after earthquakes. At the moment IRO has 78 non- profit association members worldwide that specialize in search and rescue with specially trained dogs. www.iro-dogs.org
14. IRO SAR DOGS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The IRO SAR dogs World Championship is the most important and most prestigious competition in the society of SAR dogs, in which the most elite handler and dog teams from the whole world participate. The competition brings together around 150 best dogs in the world that compete for the title of World Champion in the search for victims in rubbles, in open area and trail searching.
The World Championship also promotes the unity of all the IRO members as well as their mutual cooperation in the goal of successful search missions. Apart from that the competition also serves for the comparison of training methods and their qualities, and by this exchange of experiences contributes to the greater success in search and rescue missions. A great number of teams that will compete in the World Championship have helped in many search and rescue missions in countries devastated by strong earthquakes; therefore their arrival to Croatia is of immense honor.
It will be the first time that the IRO SAR Dogs World Championship will be held in Croatia, in the town of Samobor, in the period from 30th of June - 6th of July 2008.
CRDA has been granted this great honor and trust on the IRO Board meeting held on the 20th of June 2006. It is truly an honor to organize such a magnificent humanitarian event and at the same time promote the town of Samobor and Croatia in the activities of safeguarding and rescuing humans.
Around 300 persons active in search and rescue will be staying in Samobor during this event.
