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The purpose of the California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA) is:

-To provide highly trained volunteer search dog teams for search and rescue deployment;
-To train and promote working dogs for search and rescue;
-To set the standards by which search and rescue dogs are to be certified;
-To act as a principal testing agency for the certification of search dogs;
-To further the public knowledge of, interest in, and the use of search and rescue dogs;
-To promote the positive image and protect the interests of the search and rescue community in the State of California;

And to encourage and foster good relationships between CARDA and legislative and law enforcement bodies.