"Beat & Release": Dog and Three Cats Rescued by Cranes in Earthquake Zone After 20 Days

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 27 February 2023)

HAYTAP (animal rights group) teams have rescued a dog and three cats

stranded for 20 days in earthquake-damaged buildings in Malatya and 

Hatay by using construction cranes.  

People who saw a dog at the window of a seventh-floor apartment in

the Terasevler Sitesi D Block apartment building in Hatay's Antakya city

took a video and posted it on social media.  Since it had been 20 days 

since the earthquake struck, the dog's condition was deemed to be poor 

so a HAYTAP team used a crane to reach and save the dog.  

In Malatya, two cats stuck in a damaged house in Emeksiz district

were similarly rescued by a HAYTAP team using a crane after becoming

aware of the cats' plight via social media.  One of the cats was pregnant

and both had been stranded for 20 days.  Also in Hatay, a cat named 

"Yumak" (ball of wool, string) was also rescued by a HAYTAP team and

a crane.