rescue dogs who arrived in Turkey after the earthquakes of February 6 they played a pivotal role in finding people under the rubble. That was clear to the Turkish government, which decided to reward them after the hard work they did for about three weeks.
According to information published by the Argentine weekly Perfil, the dogs that carried out rescue work among the rubble left by the earthquake they traveled back to their home countries first classsitting next to their coaches.
In general, rescue dogs travel in “guacales” in the baggage area of airplanes, for the comfort of both their trainers and the animals themselves. However, in this case, the Turkish authorities decided to break that rule as a sign of gratitude to the furry ones for their work.
In that sense, the Turkish government also announced thatA statue in honor of Proteus will be erected in Istanbula Mexican rescue dog who died while searching for the missing in the ruins of a building in southern Turkey.
It should be remembered that in the work of searching for bodies and rescuing injured people under the rubble, rescue mice also participated, which were trained so that, taking advantage of their flexibility and agility, they could reach narrow places that humans could not enter. .
So far the authorities of the Ottoman country have registered the death of 50,325 people on the border between Turkey and Syria, which was the area devastated by the earthquake on February 6. More than 1,000 aftershocks have also occurred, making debris removal difficult.