József Gregor Általános Iskola

A Quest for Heroes2013 - 15

MANCS

The rescue dog

MANCS(PAW)

1994 –

2006

B I R T H

His full name is Miskolci Sátán Mancs; 1994 – 22

October 2006. He was a German sheperd, boar dog.

He was a rescue dog for the Spider Rescue Team of

Miskolc.

He had eleven brothers and sisters in the litter.

When he was six moths old, his keeper realized that

there is a problem with one of his back legs. The vet

diagnostized displasy. With a homemade equipment

within half a year his birth defect was corrected.

MANCS, THE HEROWith his keeper László Lehóczki he took part in many

successfull life-saving actions. He became very famous after

the earthquake of Izmit in 1999, when a three year old girl

was rescued under the ruins with his help. Mancs worked in

the rescue actions of the earthquakes of Salvador and India

in 2001. Thanks to his special training he was able to signal

the dead body even under water. He was able to give

different signals on the same spot if found a live or dead

body. This performance and a lot of actions he took part in

made him the best Hungarian rescue dog ever.

LAST BARK

In October 2006 he got pneumonia and died. His

keeper buried him in his own garden behind closed

doors. In the following weeks his statue in the city

became a place of pilgrimage. People lit candles there.