Nine years ago, someone in Caracas decided a Border Collie puppy with one blue eye and one brown eye wasn't worth keeping and handed him to animal control. Last week the city of Maracaibo cast him in bronze.
His name is Tsunami. On 24 June 2026, two earthquakes hit northern Venezuela and gutted the coastal town of La Guaira. He found his first survivor 40 minutes after the ground stopped moving, then worked six straight days. At least 26 people came out alive.
Nobody checked his bloodline first. He passed a test that has nothing to do with pedigree, the same test every shelter dog is quietly waiting to take.
Full story: https://dogwithblog.in/tsunami-venezuela-earthquake-rescue-dog/
(Photo: Rhonny Zamora/Special to The Christian Science Monitor)