Mas the dog, and his lifeguard and school founder Ferruccio Pilenga, perform a rescue during a training at Isola D'Elba island, Italy. Italy's Coast Guard has to intervene in more than three-thousand cases every year to rescue people amid sport players, skin-divers and bathers.
Breeds like Labrador, Terranova and Golden Retriver are the most qualified dogs to be involved in the rescue operation as they have a natural water instinct and for years they've been used by fishermen to bring in fishing nets. (AP Photo)