Turkey earthquake: Mexico sends its famed search and rescue dogs
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A search and rescue dog belonging to a Red Cross team seen at Mexico City airportIMAGE SOURCE,TWITTER/M_EBRARD
At least 16 dogs have been deployed from Mexico to Turkey
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC News Online Latin America editor
Mexico is sending some of its famous search and rescue dogs to Turkey to help look for people buried under rubble following the earthquake.
A plane with 16 dogs on board took off from Mexico City earlier on Tuesday.
Mexico, which is prone to earthquakes, has highly specialised civilian and military teams which are often deployed to help when disasters strike.
The dogs won the hearts of Mexicans during the country's 2017 quake, when they saved several lives.
A yellow Labrador Retriever named Frida gained international fame when she was seen searching for survivors in Mexico City wearing protective goggles and boots.
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Frida, beloved rescue dog
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They will do their best and risk their lives to find and save people.
Unfortunately, Yellow Labs, like some other breeds, tend to look alike but I love those kids so much and very sadly miss my two perfect girls.
TY for posting this, Judi.