The group of skilled canines garnered international attention after they were deployed in search and rescue efforts following Mexico’s Puebla earthquake in 2017.
Mexico is sending the country’s skilled search and rescue dog team — who helped save people following Mexico’s Puebla earthquake in 2017 — to Turkey to help locate survivors days after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country and Syria, leaving thousands dead.
At least 16 Mexican search and rescue dogs, and their handlers, boarded a plane to Turkey on Tuesday, Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary, announced in a Facebook post. Human search and rescue experts from the Mexican army, foreign ministry officials, and members of the Red Cross also joined the flight, per CNN.
“The Mexican canine pairs are ready to support the rescue efforts in Turkey, Ebrard wrote on Facebook. “Pride of our 🇲🇽! With them is the goodwill and spirit of solidarity of the Mexican people.”
