A family dog has been pulled alive from the rubble of a block of flats in Turkey after being trapped for 90 hours when her home was destroyed in the devastating earthquakes.
Little Pamuk, whose name means cotton wool, is a Poodle terrier mix. She was discovered and rescued in Hatay on Friday by a team searching for any signs of life.
They had to dig around the trapped pet to release her and footage taken by the rescue crew shows her head peeking out from the debris, eyes wide in fear and her nose bloodied.
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The team worked quickly but gently, wiped dust from her eyes, cleaned her face and gave her water and comforted her as she cried out in terror.
Authorities say more than 21,000 people have died in the tragic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that struck on Monday morning. The 7.8-magnitude tremor was followed by hundreds of aftershocks.
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