PUBLISHED: 2 Apr 2025 at 17: 34
Two rescue canines in Thailand changed their roles momentarily on Wednesday to offer emotional support after five days of searching for signs of life in a pile of wreckage left over from last week’s earthquake.
The two golden retrievers wearing orange vests met with friends in a temporary shelter to ease the people of some of the 72 who are still missing.
Kids sat their heads in their hands while others murmured softly to them, tasked the canines with carrying their expectations into the dust when they resumed their regular routine.
Chanpen Keawnoi, whose mother and younger girl are missing, said the short exchange gave her a temporary sense of peace.
There is still a possibility of someone being alive if the dog barks when they hear a message, according to them, she continued.
While rescue teams waited for more information about the hunt, the dogs continued to perform their new work for a short while.
A part of the rescue team walks with a , dog , close to a building that collapsed on Friday after a powerful earthquake struck key Myanmar, which affected Bangkok as well as the Thai capital, where people were pouring out of houses in a state of panic following the spasms in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 28, 2025. ( Photo: Reuters )
Search and rescue work in Bangkok have taken more than 100 days, with 15 deaths and no victims discovered by early on Wednesday.
Search dogs may be comforting when they aren’t working on recovery, according to Susan Redmond, a top K9 handler and lead trainer.
The dogs were well-trained and capable of playing both roles, according to Redmond, who noted that” touching a dog really does give some great relief to people,” and that having a dog can help with this is mental support.
The 30-storey framework was still under construction when Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake in neighboring Myanmar brought it to a crashing down. It is the only building in the Thai capital to fully crumble.
According to picture taken by testimony, the collapse occurred in just seconds. An anti-graft regulator claimed it had discovered poor steel among the wreckage and that it had identified irregularities in the construction prior to the collapse.
After the earthquake, Thailand mandated that the owners of roughly 11, 000 personal high-rise properties conduct safety inspections. Officials said on Wednesday that 34 of the 3,375 federal buildings were found to be severely damaged.
Following a powerful earthquake on Wednesday in Bangkok, Thailand, Nuan, a puppy from the K9 USAR Thailand, tries on boots for search and rescue operations. ( Photo: Reuters )