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Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor
Rescue workers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits and birds in the Turkish city of Antakya devastated by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
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A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)
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ith helmets and flashlights, the rescuers enter a collapsed house in the earthquake-hit Turkish city of Antakya. Their objective: to rescue Asghar and Nouma, two bulls trapped under rubble.
Rescue workers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits and birds cherished by the people of the ancient city devastated by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
Efforts have focused on saving people but also rescuing animals.
The quake has killed nearly 45,000 people in southeastern Turkey and nearby Syria and completely devastated some 75,000 buildings including Nazli Yenocak's home.
Yenocak considers herself one of the lucky ones. Her family is unharmed, although the six of them now live in a tent in the middle of the garden.
But Yenocak is distressed. Her normally noisy bulls hardly make any sound.
"To hear them so quiet, it makes me cry," she said.
