Dogs play a crucial role in disaster rescue, as we have seen in recent search and rescue missions following the earthquake in Turkey .
A K9 police unit dog during a humanitarian mission discharge event at the Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, 09 February 2023. The Indonesian government plans to send a medical and rescue team to Turkey and Syria in the near future following the earthquake. More than 16,000 people have died and thousands more injured after two major earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on 06 February. Authorities fear the death toll will keep climbing as rescuers look for survivors across the region. Picture: EPA-EFE/ADI WEDA
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These four-legged heroes can climb, dig and run much faster than even the best human rescuer – and have a sense of smell that is 100 000 times as powerful.
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