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Mat Youkee in Bogotá

Rescued children pay tribute to sniffer dog still missing in Colombian jungle

Wilson the Belgian shepherd is believed to have found the missing children but is now himself missing in the Colombian jungle.
Wilson the Belgian shepherd is believed to have found the missing children but is now himself missing in the Colombian jungle. Photograph: Ejército Nacional de Colombia

The four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 days alone in the Colombian Amazon are continuing their recovery in Bogotá’s military hospital, and the oldest two have been well enough to pick up crayons.

In their first pictures released by Colombia’s armed forces, a four-legged figure jumps from the page: Wilson, the Belgian shepherd dog who helped lead rescuers to their location – and who remains missing in the jungle.

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