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The AKC Museum of the Dog has announced the winner of its Salute to Search & Rescue Dogs art contest:  Porkchop The Search Dog.

Porkchop The Search Dog by Silvia Kim
Porkchop The Search Dog by Silvia Kim

The illustration is a pen and marker piece by Sylvia Kim. It honors Porkchop, an Australian Shepherd from California who worked tirelessly during the search and rescue efforts following the collapse of the World Trade Towers.

“We were drawn to this submission because of the emotions on display in the piece. It showcases the bond between search dogs and their handlers, while also conveying vulnerability,” says Assistant Curator Jeana Wunderlich, “Search dogs are putting their lives on the line for the people they are helping, and I think this piece communicates that in a beautiful but understated way.”

The Wall Street Journal did a story about Porkchop in 2001:

“At a medical station bathed in floodlights, four doctors prepared one of the emergency workers for the long day ahead. They taped his legs and fitted him with new boots. They offered him food and checked his eyes, because acrid smoke and dust would be clouding and burning them in the coming hours. But mostly, they kissed his snout, rubbed his belly and said things like, ‘What a good boy, Porkchop!'”

Porkchop died in 2013. He was one of the last remaining 9/11 search and rescue dogs.

The museum also recognized four runners-up: At Day’s End by Michele Trifiro, Heroes of 9/11 by Holly H. Banks, Thank You, Bretagne by Lucy Wilks, and The Loyal, Determined, and Brave by Michelle Roskiewicz.

At Day’s End by Michele Trifiro
At Day’s End by Michele Trifiro
Heroes of 9/11 by Holly H. Banks
Heroes of 9/11 by Holly H. Banks
Thank You, Bretagne by Lucy Wil
Thank You, Bretagne by Lucy Wilks
The Loyal, Determined, and Brave by Michelle Roskiewicz
The Loyal, Determined, and Brave by Michelle Roskiewicz

Porkchop The Search Dog and the runners up will be on display during the museum’s exhibit 9/11 Remembered: Search & Rescue Dogs. This exhibit honors the heroism of the more than 300 dogs that participated in the rescue and recovery efforts following 9/11. This exhibition runs through January 2.

For more information on the exhibit or the museum, please visit their website.

To purchase tickets for 9/11 Remembered: Search & Rescue Dogs, click here.

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Sean is a passionate dog lover and the proud owner of Urban Dog’s Official Spokes-Dog, Bodhi the Weimaraner. His family has always owned dogs, but Bodhi is the first he's been fully responsible for since puppyhood… and he couldn't be more doting. As a longtime New Yorker of more than 20 years, Sean knows what a dog's and dog owner's lifestyle is like in NYC. Besides being a doggy dad and top dog at Urban Dog, Sean also has a "real job" experience as co-owner of a Palm Beach, Florida-based private investigative firm, and as a licensed (pet friendly) Real Estate Salesperson with Douglas Elliman in NYC. Sean also exercised his creativity and business sense as an award-winning journalist, producer, TV marketing exec, and private investigator. When not blogging, working, or playing with Bodhi, he is an avid adventure traveler who has circumnavigated the world, bird-watched on all seven continents, safari-ed in Africa, and SCUBA-dived in exotic waters.

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