Meet the canine rescue stars


Golden girls: Thai sniffer dogs Sierra and Sahara quickly became social media stars after starting their mission in Hatay, a southern Turkyish province. — The Nation/ANN

Two Golden Retrievers from Thailand’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team are playing a starring role in the international mission following the earthquake disaster in Turkiye and Syria.

The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude quake and aftershocks that hit southern Turkiye and northern Syria on Feb 6 rose to more than 41,000 yesterday, with millions more affected in both countries.

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