In the Tver region the rehabilitation center of the Pajetnov family rescues brown bear cubs left without a mother bear. Biologists grow them and return them to nature.

A rescue dog named "Juna" from Azerbaijan as part of a search and rescue team helped rescue three people after a devastating earthquake that occurred in winter in Turkey.

"Fraternal Azerbaijan was the first to send search and rescue teams to Turkey after the devastating earthquakes on February 6. Moreover, the first group of rescuers flew out of Baku on the day of the disaster," the portal says 1news.az .

867 rescuers and medics arrived in Turkey from Azerbaijan, rescuers managed to rescue 53 people from the rubble. Together with rescuers dog handlers with 8 dogs were sent to Turkey, thanks to whose help they were able to identify the location of 15 people, as well as extract 27 bodies from the rubble.

Six-year-old Cocker spaniel Juna helped save three people. "In Kahramanmarash, thanks to Juna, we saved three people. The relatives of the rescued did not know how to thank the animal. She was nicknamed Juna the hero" dog handler Ehtiram Baloglanov told Anadolu agency.

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This story was told by "Dobro.The magazine". A border collie named Vzhik serves in the search and rescue unit (PSO) "Extremum" in the Leningrad region. In February 2023, the dog celebrated his birthday and found a man.

In the evening, a girl asked the volunteers for help. She said that her boyfriend went into the woods and after a while sent her a message about feeling unwell. He described where he was approximately and then the connection with him was cut off.

"The dog handlers of the volunteer search and rescue team came to the aid of the victim. Together with them the dog Vzhik went to look for the missing person. Already on the spot he almost immediately found the victim and brought rescuers to him. An ambulance was called for the guy and firefighters helped to take him out of the forest and handed him over to doctors," Dobro. The magazine” writes.

In the Extreme squad we were told that the border collie Vzhik has been studying at the dog training service of the PSOE since the age of three months. He can be called a hereditary rescuer, since his grandmother, mother and numerous relatives also participated and are participating in search and rescue operations in different cities of Russia. 

The dog has passed all internal certifications of the Extremum squad and works as a rescuer as part of a full-fledged cynological team. Together with his mistress Daria Vzhik helps to find lost people who can no longer move and respond.

In the photo - the dog Vzhik together with his mistress, photo - dobro.press, and also provided by the PSO "Extremum"

Evelina's family opened a temporary detention and rehabilitation center for Nikolsky's Mediterranean turtles a few years ago, Channel One says.

Injured turtles are brought from all over Russia. Tourists take them with them as a souvenir and then they face difficulties in their maintenance, the turtles begin to get sick.

"People often think that the content of such a turtle is simple: it is enough to give a piece of bread and put it under the battery. But in order for the turtle to feel good, it needs special conditions - a terrarium, ultraviolet light," says the girl.

Evelina began rescuing turtles as a child — together with her mother and sister, Kuban News reported. Now the girl is studying at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Kuban State Agrarian University.

Nikolsky's Mediterranean turtle is an endangered species. In Russia it lives only in the Krasnodar Territory, there are only a few thousand of them left. It is the only land turtle in our country.

While scientists and environmentalists are trying to figure out how to save the population, Evelina is doing what she can. She takes care of the turtles and releases them back into the forest. Over the years of its existence the center has saved about a thousand turtles.