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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ben Mitchell

UNCOVERED: Retired police dog rescues missing man on first walk after major surgery - Caught on Camera

Bear underwent surgery after two benign tumours were spotted in a scan (The Thin Blue Paw Foundation/PA) - (PA Media)

A retired police dog who was on his first walk since recovering from major surgery to remove two tumours rescued a vulnerable man after locating him in woods.

Bear, a German Shepherd, was being walked by his owner Julia Pope, a former police officer, in the Eastbourne area of East Sussex when he sensed the presence of the man who was actually a missing person being searched for by police.

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