Sanchez said Wilson had not been equipped with a GPS tracker to prevent "the enemy" from locating him and his human comrades. The Colombian army has trained more than 17,000 dogs during decades of internal conflict in specializations including explosives detection, demining and search and rescue.Īpart from wild animals, insects and continuous rain in the Amazon, Wilson also risks encountering members of armed groups who remain active in the jungle, fighting over drug and other illegal commerce. of a dog that they had lost, that they didn't know where it went, that it had accompanied them for a while," she recounted. The two older children, Lesly and Soleiny, have since made a drawing of a dog next to a river and amidst trees.Īstrid Caceres, director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute overseeing the children's convalescence, said they keep talking about a dog. The missing dog had been key to finding clues that the children were still alive © Handout / Colombian army/AFP Then, two weeks ago, "due to the complexity of the terrain, humidity and adverse weather conditions" Wilson must have become "disoriented" and disappeared, the military said in a statement.Īfter his human comrades lost sight of Wilson, however, evidence emerged that he may have been the first to find the children: a dog's footprints were spotted near those of the children shortly before the rescue team got to them. Wilson was the one to find Cristin's discarded baby bottle in the thick vegetation some four kilometers (2.5 miles) from the wreckage several days after the May 1 small aircraft crash that claimed the lives of all three adults on board, including the siblings' mother.Īs the weeks passed, a team of nearly 200 soldiers and Indigenous jungle experts accompanied by several dogs kept finding signs that the kids were alive: half-eaten fruit, discarded diapers, makeshift shelters and footprints. Lara, a colleague told the El Espectador newspaper, "does not want to leave until he finds his dog."Īdded General Pedro Sanchez, who headed the search for the children: "We're going for Wilson, we’re going to bring him back." 'Disoriented'
They include Cristian David Lara, Wilson's handler since he was a puppy in training. "The search is not over," the army insisted in a statement issued after the children were located last Friday, adding more than 70 soldiers remain deployed in the dense jungle to find the Belgian Shepherd.
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#Let'sGoForWilson, #OneIsMissing and #WilsonNationalHero are some of the tags doing the rounds.Ĭolombians have also taken to placing posters in their windows to insist: "Missing Wilson," while others are posting photos of their cats and other pets carrying signs pleading for the dog's safe return. Dozens of soldiers are scouring the jungle for the canine hero that disappeared on duty two weeks ago, with the military having vowed not to "abandon a fallen comrade" who may have found the children long before the rescue team arrived.Īs relief settled in following a happy ending to the 40-day odyssey of Lesly (13), Soleiny, (9) Tien Noriel (5) and one-year-old Cristin, Colombians have been clamoring on social media for the safe return of Wilson as well.
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