Snoop dog crew use technology and intuition in their search for missing pets

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If there’s one motivating factor that compels Lanarkshire woman Linda Kane to search for other people’s lost, and perhaps even departed pets, it’s the hope that a stranger would do the same for her should her precious rescue dog, Lucy, ever disappear.Linda and her husband Des and four other volunteers comprise the Lanarkshire Trap and Scan Crew – a team of devoted animal lovers who have ploughed their own time and money and the proceeds from community raffles into a venture that sees them using technology, surveillance, a van and a large trap to track and snare missing pets and scan them for a microchip that might lead to their safe return home.It’s not only the physical apparatus that can guide the crew to the whereabouts of a dog who has gone into ‘flight mode’ and run off.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Over the years, the volunteers have developed a sixth sense that tells them intuitively how best to gain the trust of an animal whose distress means that it considers everyone a predator.Crew members from Airdrie, Carluke and Blantyre monitor numerous lost pet social media sites for posts about animals that have gone missing in the Lanarkshire locale.They then contact owners to inquire whether they’d like the assistance of the Lanarkshire Trap and Scan Crew in the search for their pet.As Linda