Kathmandu, Nov. 8 -- The Bhotekoshi floods on August 26 left nearly 1,500 people dead and more than 5,000 missing. Families searching for their loved ones put up posters bearing names and photographs at hospitals in Kathmandu and travelled to affected areas, including Rasuwa and Nuwakot, in the hope of finding them.

Police deployed trained dogs alongside search-and-rescue personnel to help locate the missing. Among those sent by the Nepal Police Canine Office was Leo, a Labrador retriever that spent 20 days searching for people in the affected areas and assisting rescue teams.

The male dog found two bodies, a human skeleton and several body parts at different locations in Nuwakot.

"Dogs locate bodies by detecting the odour of biologica...