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Quake rescue dogs get salute

Kristine Joy Patag - Philstar.com
Quake rescue dogs get salute
Rescue workers carry a survivor out of the collapsed Chuzon supermarket in Porac, pampanga province on April 23, 2019, a day after a 6.3 magnitude quake. Philippine rescuers were scrambling April 23 to reach dozens of people feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake.
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MANILA, Philippines — When a magnitude 6.1-quake struck Luzon and a supermarket building collapsed in Porac, Pampanga, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority K-9 corps were quick to help out.

On Tuesday, MMDA K-9 corps posted on its Facebook account that they were deployed to help in rescue operations.

And the best rescue doggos were given a tribute they deserve for their hard work in helping their hoomans who are conducting rescue operations in the collapsed 4-story supermarket in Porac town.

Paws&Click shared photos of Senior K-9s Billy, Thunder and Farrah as a salute, and more than 20,000 Facebook users shared their post with 30,000 booping it.

The page also booped MMDA Search and Rescue Unit members K-9 Ringo, K-9 Cody, K-9 Chia, K-9 Dumbo, K-9 Chaplin and K-9 Lucy who were not in the photo.

K-9 from the Philippine Coast Guard were also deployed to help out in the rescue operations in Porac, Pampanga.

On Tuesday, the PCG shared a video of a K-9 who found one survivor and one lifeless body from the rubble.

READ: WATCH: Rescue K-9 finds survivor, victim in quake rubble

The latest report from the National Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council said that death toll due to the quake reached 16 while 14 remain missing.

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