4 Days After Venezuelan Earthquakes, a Small Dog Is Rescued from the Rubble

A small dog was found alive and pulled from beneath a collapsed building following a multi-hour search operation in Residencial El Palmar, Caraballeda, four days after the back-to-back earthquakes struck the region, according to Storyful.

In footage shared on X by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, the dog—named Giselle—can be heard barking from under the rubble as rescue team members work to locate her. One crew member is then seen pulling Giselle out of the debris, prompting cheers from onlookers.

After the rescue, the little dog is shown lying on a blanket while another team member feeds her soft dog food through a syringe. “If anyone is her owner, they can approach our teams in the area and prove with photos or videos that she is theirs,” Bukele wrote alongside the video.

Rescuers reported that the dog was in good health following the rescue, per the U.K. news outlet The Independent. Her owner has not yet been identified.

On June 24, Venezuela experienced a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, followed shortly by a 7.5 magnitude quake in what the U.S. Geological Survey described as a “severe seismic doublet sequence.” The second earthquake is believed to be the largest to hit the South American country in over a century. Local officials reported that the city of La Guaira suffered the most severe damage.

The death toll from the Venezuelan earthquakes has risen to 1,719, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced at a press conference on Monday, June 29. A total of 5,034 people have been injured.

“Medically, we have attended to 12,402 people. Additionally, we have carried out the distribution of 7 million 237 thousand kg of food,” Rodriguez said.

Source: People