International Dog Squad Helps Save Lives After Venezuela Earthquakes
International rescue dogs from more than 20 countries helped find survivors and recover victims as nearly 30,000 responders raced to the quakes.
- On Friday, Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez honored rescue dogs by awarding them the title of "Venezuela's Canine Heroes" during a ceremony in La Guaira, the coastal state hardest hit by the earthquakes.
- Following the deadly June 24 earthquakes that left at least 2,954 dead, more than 100 rescue dogs from over 20 countries deployed to search nearly 200 collapsed buildings for survivors.
- Belgian Malinois Bart from Argentina rescued two children alive, while Rambo, an Urban Search and Rescue dog from El Salvador, saved 25 people by detecting human scent beneath debris.
- Presidential spokesperson Adrian Ravier praised the dogs' "indispensable work" during a news conference, noting dozens of canines helped turn disaster sites into stories of survival alongside international rescue teams.
- Tsunami, recognizable by his heterochromia with one blue eye and one brown eye, retires at the top of his game after his final mission. K-SAR ECID stated the border collie proved his courage giving everything in the field.
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During the rescue efforts after the devastating earthquakes that hit Venezuela, firefighters, soldiers and other rescue workers were not the only ones at the forefront. Specially trained rescue dogs also played an important role, using their exceptional sense of smell to help search for people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. One of the most deserving was the dog Tsunami, who, just before his retirement, helped save dozens of liv…
Four-legged rescuers lead way after Venezuela’s quakes
More than 120 dogs from a dozen countries were deployed to expedite rescue efforts. (EPA Images pic) MAIQUETIA: Sisu tackles her missions in the rubble left by Venezuela’s two earthquakes with the same determination and energy she uses to chase her favorite toy, an orange and blue ball. Wearing her blue harness, this restless brown Labrador retriever ventures into the debris of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes of June 24. She searches…
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Four-legged rescuers lead way after Venezuela quakes
Wearing her blue harness, this restless brown Labrador retriever ventures into the debris of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes of June 24. She searches for survivors with nothing but her sense of smell. The work of dogs like Sisu, a member of the US rescue team Florida Task Force 2, has proven crucial in finding people alive in a race against time. Eleven days after one of Latin America’s worst earthquake disasters killed nearly 3,000…
More than 120 rescue dogs search for survivors among the rubble left by earthquakes in Venezuela, in a race against time.
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