A destructive earthquake wreaked havoc in Afghanistan last week killing at least 1,000 people, injuring 2,000 and destroying 10,000 homes. While Afghan people have been grappling with the loss of loved ones, pet animals who have managed to survive are also facing a grim reality.
Amid shattered homes and buildings, a pet dog kept looking for the family members in the house he used to live in. After everyone in the house was killed in the earthquake, neighbours took care of him. However, the dog kept coming back to the house looking for the dear departed. A heartbreaking photograph showing the dog desperately searching for his human family in the debris has melted hearts online.
Every person in the house this dog belongs to was killed in the earthquake. Neighbours said they took him with them to feed/take care of. He keeps coming back to the destroyed house and wails.
Ochki village in Gayan, Paktika.#AfghanistanEarthquake #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/A7oCoGIn2V— Samira SR (@SSamiraSR) June 26, 2022
The photograph was shared by Twitter user Samira SR on Sunday. “Every person in the house this dog belongs to was killed in the earthquake. Neighbours said they took him with them to feed/take care of. He keeps coming back to the destroyed house and wails.Ochki village in Gayan, Paktika. #AfghanistanEarthquake #Afghanistan,” tweeted Samira.
Netizens were left emotional by the dog’s plight. A user commented, “Poor dog, it thinks he’ll find its owners, so it keeps coming back. He’ll forget the tragedy soon and hope he lives happily with the neighbors who are now looking after him.” Another user wrote, “We humans don’t deserve dogs.” A third user commented, “Loyalty exist in animal rather humans are unfaithful.”
Poor dog, it thinks he’ll find it’s owners, so it keeps coming back. He’ll forget the tragedy soon and hope he lives happily with the neighbors who are now looking after him
— DrSeemaBabulal S (@seema_babulal) June 28, 2022
I’m glad the neighbours are looking after him. Thank you for doing so.
— Marie M (@MarieM16779289) June 26, 2022
We humans don’t deserve dogs. 🥹❤️
— Shkula Zadran ښکلا ځدراڼ (@ShkulaZadran) June 26, 2022
That loyalty 😭 Heartbreaking 💔
— شگوفه احمدزی (@ShogofaAE) June 27, 2022
This sooooo broke my heart 🥺💔💔
— Sheetal Singh (@Sheetal29May) June 29, 2022
Before this, a photo of a child orphaned after the Afghanistan earthquake left netizens emotional. Sayed Ziarmal Hashemi, a local reporter, shared the little girl’s photo and noted that she was the sole survivor to be rescued from her family home.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was cited as saying by Reuters that among the dead in Afghanistan were 155 children, with nearly 250 injured and 65 orphaned. On Monday, an Afghanistan aid agency appealed for financial assistance for the survivors of the deadly earthquake.
