Rescue workers have managed to save countless animals trapped under rubble after a string of powerful earthquakes pelted Turkey and Syria.
But as hope wanes more than 72 hours after the tremors, rescuers are digging through rubble to find survivors – stranded and trapped animals included.
They manage to bend some of the pipes away to free the terrified hound, with one man holding them in his arms as he walks away from the wreckage.The feline was found sandwiched under a four-storey building to the south, has carried Turkey’s highest known death count, one expected to keep rising by the house as search crews comb the area.
Not even birds have been able to escape from the disaster. A parrot was scooped up by rescuers earlier today in Hatay, who offered them water from their palm.Concerns are rising over pet-owning families being turned away from shelters
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