The puppies were buried as loose earth slid, but their mother yelled for aid at the top of her lungs.
Soner Büyümez, a veterinarian working on a distant farm in Turkey, couldn’t ignore a sound in the distance earlier this week. It sounded desperate, like a plea for assistance.
“I raced immediately to the area,” Büyümez told The Dodo. “A landslide occurred. I observed a dog that was stuck in the earth. “Only her head remained [above ground].”
The dog was in a lot of agony. But, as Büyümez would soon realize, she was concerned with more than just her own life.
“When I first saw her, it was quite sad,” Büyümez remarked.
He understood he had to take action. Büyümez grabbed a shovel and started digging right away.
As Büyümez lifted the earth that was enclosing
