Turkey Quake: Dog Rescued After 3 Weeks from Debris of Collapsed Building

It may sound unbelievable, but a dog was rescued alive from a collapsed building in southern Turkey three weeks after last month’s 7.8-magnitude deadly earthquake hit the area.

This dog named Alek trapped under the rubble for 21 days was pulled out carefully by the teams from a local municipality in central Turkey on Wednesday. The rescued animal was handed over to the Turkish animal protection association in the city of Antakya.

The dog was lodged between two large concrete slabs. Turkish media showed the rescuers embracing the dog. It appeared to be alert and in good health.

Rescuers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits, and birds from earthquake-ravaged areas.

The earthquake has killed over 45,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in neighboring Syria.