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Dogs saved people during the recent disaster in Taiwan

During the recent disaster in the south of Taiwan, many people were buried by mudslides and many people were killed as a result of a delay in rescue operation. One eyewitness revealed that he and 40 of his neighbours were saved by his two dogs. The following is quoted from a BBC's news article  :

.... One eyewitness described the devastation wrought on the village of Hsiaolin.

"I saw the mountain crumbling in seconds almost like an explosion and bury half of our neighbourhood," Huang Chin-bao, 56, told AFP news agency.

He said he and 40 neighbours were guided by his two dogs to higher ground.

"The dogs are our saviours," he said.

The typhoon struck Taiwan at the weekend, causing the worst flooding in 50 years. ....

Perhaps, this story is a wake-up call for us, the humans. Most of us tend to pay very little respect to the animals around us. Some of us even continue to deny their rights of existence in this world. Such a story proves the point that we are not almighty to the extent that we can fight the Nature. No matter how powerful they are, the so-called humans need to rely on a map, a compass, walki talki, GPS, etc, etc, in a situation as such, but even then, they fail. Dogs may not have human intelligence, but, like other wild animals, dogs act on on their environment merely with their inborn instincts and with their natural sense of direction. During the time of trouble, they can find the way out without a map. Amazing, isn't it?

OTHER SOURCES:

1/ AFP News 

2/ Al Jazeera News on Youtube 

3/ Comments on Dogs from Yahoo Participants