The dogs work all day in teams of three at rubble sites, taking turns to work 20-minute shifts, followed by 40-minute breaks. “I think it’s one of the most emotional moments of my life … the moment when one of our dogs signals to us that he found some people in the rubble,” REDOG’s vice chief for rubble search Matthias Gerber told Al Jazeera. If the two dogs confirm, this allows human rescuers to concentrate their digging efforts on that particular spot until they find the person. The dogs shown here on February 9, 2023, belong to the German international search and rescue team

Rescue dogs work in teams of three, working 20-minute shifts and then resting for 40 minutes. A second dog is then released to see if it can confirm the findings. The dogs are trained to sniff out a human scent, stand at the spot and bark loudly to alert their handlers to the spot where they have found it. Since arriving on February 6 near midnight, the team of 10 people and six trained dogs together with GEA have so far found 39 people alive under the rubble. REDOG, a K9 volunteer team from Switzerland, is on the ground in the Turkish city of Iskenderun, working with the local GEA team, an all-volunteer search and rescue group. The much-welcomed rescuers, who can find victims by scent alone, are needed to help the Turkish K9 teams in desperate operations where buildings as high as 14 storeys have collapsed, making it difficult to find survivors by sight or sound. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Turkey and Syria rescuers persist as death toll passes 28,000 list 2 of 4 Aid needs are immense as Turkey-Syria death toll crosses 29,000 list 3 of 4 Germany offers temporary visas for Turkish, Syrian quake victims list 4 of 4 Turkey orders 113 arrests linked to collapsed buildings probe end of list

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