Wearing a bright orange rescue harness, a golden retriever Capo runs towards a body lying on the grass while a giant drone whirrs overhead. This is a scene from a simulated dog rescue operation jointly held by Swiss Association for Search and Rescue Dogs and Swiss Federation of Civil Drones. /People's Daily Photo

The exercise was held on Wednesday, the same day when a massive landslide in the Swiss Alps left eight people missing and triggered a search-and-rescue mission where dogs and drones were deployed. /People’s Daily Photo

With their mounted high-definition and infrared cameras, the drones can quickly survey flat, open areas, leaving the dogs to search in wooded terrains where the drones cannot fly. /People’s Daily Photo

Together they provide “an eye in the air and a nose on the ground” for Swiss search and rescue operations. /People's Daily Photo