SYDNEY (AFP) - A deaf and partially blind dog that kept a lost three-year-old girl safe in Australian bushland overnight was awarded police honours on Saturday (April 21) after leading rescuers to the child.
Emergency services began a search on foot and from the air for Aurora on Friday after the young girl wandered off into bushland on a rural property in Queensland state.
Seventeen-year-old blue heeler Max stayed with the child through a rainy night before leading family and rescuers to her on Saturday morning after more than 15 hours in the wild.