Trackr

There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about Trackr, but I don't know if the puppies contribute to that or not.

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When I first met Trackr, when we first started working together, cloning wasn't even an option.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

I tried to choose the names to pay tribute who Trackr was.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

Over the past year, Trackr died, but not before his trainer won a contest to have him cloned.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

Sometime late on the morning of September 12th, Trackr got a hit indicating that somebody alive was buried beneath the surface.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

But it was also bittersweet because, sadly, Trackr passed away in April, peacefully at our home at the age of 16.

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In the wake of 9/11, this particular German shepherd named Trackr helped find people buried in the rubble of the explosions.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

And I'm extremely proud of the role that Trackr played in her recovery.

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In June, I received not one but five amazing replicas of Trackr.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

Trackr initially was trained as a police dog, trained to find live people, evidence and drugs.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009