Miracle Dog Found 23 Days After Devastating Earthquake in Turkey

After all hopes of finding survivors were dashed under the rubble of collapsed Turkish buildings in the devastating earthquake that hit the country 23 days ago, rescuers in Antakya managed to extract a live dog after hearing the sound of it barking under the rubble. destroyed building in Hatay state.

According to local media, the dog “Alexa” was pulled from the rubble of buildings and houses in Antakya, a city in southern Turkey, where she was stuck under concrete blocks that had fallen after the earthquake that struck on February 6 at 4 am. in the morning and had a magnitude of 7.8, as shown in footage of the dog rescue operation released by Turkey’s Anatolia news agency.

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The dog’s owner, Murad Arisi, heard Alex’s barking and reported it to the relevant authorities, who sent a rescue team to the scene to retrieve the dog.

In one video, the rescuers are heard saying to the dog, “Alex, come on, my dog,” and then continuing, “Well done…” before they manage to retrieve the large dog, which appears to be in good health.

An animal welfare association called Hitap ran tests on Alex before he was taken by the owner.

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Rescuers in Turkey have rescued hundreds of cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, cows and sheep trapped under rubble in the country’s south.

The last of the people who fell under the rubble in Antakya was rescued by a married couple, who was pulled out on February 18.

Since then, search operations have been officially suspended in nine of the 11 provinces affected by the disaster, with the exception of the provinces of Hatay and Kahramanmarash, located near the epicenter.

The earthquake, considered the worst disaster in modern history for Turkey, killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey and more than 5,000 in neighboring Syria, destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings in the process.