A drone operator saved a lost puppy in upstate New York recently, when he was able to spot a heat signature in a field covered in deep snow.Chad D Tavernia, who specializes in finding lost pets with his thermal drone in North Country Drone Search & Recovery, told Storyful that the pup, Aurora, escaped an electric fence perimeter and was lost somewhere in the deep snow for over 24 hours before being found.Tavernia said he got a call from Aurora’s owner, Paul, and drove to Burke to start his search on January 11.After 90 minutes of searching with no sign of Aurora, Tavernia expanded the search zone and detected a lone heat signature in a snow-covered field across a frozen river, he said.“I GPS-marked her location and made a game plan for her owner to make an on-foot recovery,” Tavernia said.Footage here shows the search and the eventual reunion of Aurora and her owner. Credit: North Country Drone Search & Recovery via Storyful