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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Patrick Keddie

Rescue teams treat animals saved from the rubble of Turkey quakes

A Turkish health worker brings a rescued puppy to a field hospital in the city of Antakya [Patrick Keddie/Al Jazeera]

Antakya, Turkey – In a field hospital set up for animals in this southern city, a cat meowed in half-hearted protest as he was gently laid on a table, examined, and injected with painkillers and antibiotics by a volunteer veterinarian and her assistant.

The British Shorthair had been stuck in an apartment following two huge earthquakes on February 6. After almost two weeks, he finally jumped to the ground several floors below, where somebody found him injured.

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