"PANZER" K-9 COPS II Traditional Cache
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WE WANTED TO PLACE "PANZER" IN A LITTLE HARDER PLACE THAN "HANNIBAL" THIS PLACE CAME TO MIND.
THE CACHE IS A GALLON PLASTIC JUG WITH GREEN DUCT TAPE ON IT,WITH A YELLOW LID. IT CONTAINS ALOT OF NEAT STUFF, ALONG WITH SOME BISKETS FOR THE 4 LEGGED GEOCACHERS. YOU CAN PARK IN THE ROAD, OR IF YOU HAVE A 4-WHEEL DRIVE YOU AN GET UP THE DIRT ROAD A BIT. WE PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WALK IN.
A LITTLE ABOUT PANZER. IN JULY OF 1993 PANZER, A FEMALE GERMAN SHEPARD WAS DONATED AT EIGHT WEEKS OLD TO HER HANDLER A RHODE ISLAND STATE TROOPER AND FORMER US MARINE. HER TRAINING STARTED MARCH 20,1994, AND SHE WORKED UNTIL JULY 2OO4. MAKING PANZER THE LONGEST-SERVING SEARCH AND RESCUE DOG IN THE HISTORY OF THE RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE. PANZER WAS TRAINED IN WILDERNESS, CADAVER, WATER,TRAILING, EVIDENCE AND ARTICLE SEARCH. SHE WORKED ON MORE THAN 300 CASES ACROSS THE UNITED STATE AND OVER SEAS ACHIEVING MUCH SUCCESS. PANZER WAS CREDITED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF LIVE AS WELL AS DECEASED SUBJECTS. PANZER FOUND MANY DECEASED SUBJECTS THAT WERE BURIED DUE TO A CRIME.
PANZER AND HER PARTNER MAXIMUS (STILL ALIVE) MADE SOME HISTORY,THEY ALONG WITH THEIR HANDLER,AND POW/MIA RECOVRY TEAM TRAVELED TO VIETNAM IN 2003. WHILE THERE PANZER LOCATED A 1965 CRASH SITE OF A F-5 FIGHTER JET,IN THAT SAME CRASH SITE PANZER ALSO LOCATED THE PILOT'S PERSONAL EFECTS.
IN ADDITION TO PANZER'S VIETNAM MISSION, PANZER'S CAREER INCLUDED A 1995 MISSION TO COLUMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA, TO ASSIST WITH THE FBI AND DEA WITH A SEARCH OF A MASS GRAVE.
PANZER PAST AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER.
TO VIEW A PICTURE OF PANZER AND HER PARTNER CLICK ON THE ICON.
CONGRATS TO BIG BAD WOLF FOR THE FIRST TIME FIND!
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