Proteus the Mexican dog who died while helping in Turkey to rescue the victims of the strong earthquake on the 6th, will be immortalized with a monument in Istanbul, This was announced today by Sukru Genç, mayor of Sariyer municipality of the Bosphorus city.
In telephone statements to EFE, Genç specified that the sculpture will be erected in the park he himself inaugurated in 2011 in memory of the Japanese rescuer Miyazaki Atsushidied in the earthquake that struck eastern Turkey that same year.
Proteus”It came from Mexico, many miles awayto save lives in a country I’ve never been to and whose people I’ve never met,” said the mayor.
“He was successful in this mission. But when his age, fatigue and the length of the journey were added, he fulfilled his last duty here,” he recalled.
As a rescue dog for Mexico’s Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA), Proteo traveled with a rescue team to Turkey, where died at 9 years and seven months while assisting in the rescue.
Genç pointed out that the Mexican dog helped save two people’s lives and so on would never be forgotten in Turkey.
The mayor added that sculptor Hüseyin Suna has already started work on a project showcasing the “heroic” can. on the remains of a collapsed building.
Proteus has conquered the hearts of the Turks and with his name already has called an animal rehabilitation center built in Basiskele District, Northwest Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
In the aftermath of devastating earthquakes measuring 7.7 and 7.6 that devastated southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, leaving more than 48,000 dead and more than 100,000 injured, Mexico sent a rescue team with several trained dogs.
Proteus’ body was returned to Mexico, where he was honored for his dedication and sacrifice in his rescue mission in Turkey.
Proteus, the heroic dog of Mexico
On Monday, February 6, a series of devastating earthquakes occurred in south-eastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, killing almost 50,000 people to date, in addition to about 100,000 injured and thousands of buildings collapsed, still searching for survivors in the midst of low temperatures.
Mexico Specialized Search Group rescue mission conducted research in the 70 buildings that have been assigned to him.
Furthermore, the canine matings of the Red Cross, Sedena and Navy who are already in Turkey to support relief efforts.
“I am sorry for the delicate death of Proteo, a member of the Sedena rescue team in Turkey. He raised the name of Mexico and our people high,” Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, Marcelo Ebrard said at the time , through Chirping.
Proteus died after a collapse occurred in one of the buildings where he was searching through the rubble. They managed to save him but died hours later despite the medical attention he received.
“I want to tell you that I’m proud of you, because you’ve always been a strong doga working dog, that you never gave up“said the soldier Villeda, companion of Proteus.
Source: Clarin
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