LIFESAVERS:
Dogs and their sharp senses are one of the biggest aids as rescue teams frantically search for those still alive in the aftermath of the fatal earthquakes
AFP, MAIQUET, Venezuela
Sisu tackles her missions in the rubble left by Venezuela’s two earthquakes with the same determination and energy she uses to chase her favorite toy, an orange and blue ball.Wearing a blue harness, this restless brown Labrador retriever ventures into the debris of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes last month. She searches for survivors with nothing but her sense of smell.The work of dogs such as Sisu, a member of US rescue team Florida Task Force 2, has proven crucial in finding people alive in a race against time.
Members of a Slovakian rescue team accompanied by a search-and-rescue dog search a collapsed building in Venezuela last Wednesday.
