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Russian Dog Dubbed As ‘Hachiko 2.0’, Found Sitting Beside Frozen River Waiting For Dead Owner’s Return

Time and time again, dogs prove to us why they are called “Man’s Best Friend”.

And in another display of dogs’ unwavering loyalty, a Russian dog was recently found patiently sitting beside a frozen river where her owner tragically met his end, waiting for him to come back.

RT on X (previously Twitter) shared a video of the dog, named Belka, and how she refused to leave the site where her owner died.

Belka’s owner, a 59-year-old man, was reportedly riding his bicycle in Russia’s frozen Ufa River on November 24 when the tragic incident happened.

He fell into the freezing water when the brittle ice beneath him suddenly gave away.

The Sun reports that a Good Samaritan tried to save him, but the river’s strong currents were no match for him.

The Good Samaritan reportedly nearly lost his own life trying to save Belka’s owner, and was found suffering with severe frostbite.

A multi-day search was launched to find Belka’s owner, and rescue crew were able to locate the man’s bicycle, and later his body, in the Ufa River downstream.

Kirill Pervov, head of the rescue service in Bashkiria, told The Sun, “During the search, the rescue team used an air cushion boat with a hooking device to survey the river bottom.”

“Search work was complicated by difficult conditions – a strong current and unstable ice crust.”

Ever since the incident, Belka has been waiting for her owner to come home. The pooch can be found sitting on the ice, day and night, even while rescue operations were underway.

RT reveals that even though the man’s family took Belka to their home, the loyal pooch kept coming back to the same spot where she lost her owner.

The Russian dog’s loyalty has been compared to the legendary Japanese Akita dog, Hachiko, who famously waited at the Shibuya Station in Japan for his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, to return for almost 10 years.

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Dog Who Escaped And Went Missing For 9 Days At Paris Airport Found And Reunited With Owner

A dog who escaped from a plane at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and caused the closure of two of the airport’s runways, has finally been found and reunited with owner after nine days.

On November 19, a female dog named Amalka, owned by an Austrian tourist who flew to France through Air France from Vienna, escaped her carrier cage during an unloading operation, CBS News reports.

“The animal has been spotted and approached several times, but it has not been possible so far to capture it,” Air France said.

After Amalka’s escape, several search parties were launched, including at night and with Amalka’s owner’s presence, whose hotel costs at Charles de Gaulle were covered by Air France.

Posters for the missing dog were even put up around the airport to alert staff.

And then on Tuesday, November 26, authorities at the biggest and busiest airport in France closed two runways as they tried to capture Amalka.

Airport police deployed a search drone on the same day in order to search for the missing pet.

And their plan was to get close enough to the dog to be able to tranquilize it with a hypodermic needle, CBS News reports.

After nine long days, Amalka was finally found and reunited with her owner.

“After several days of intense searches, we are delighted to confirm that Amalka has been found and returned to her owner,” Air France said in a statement to AFP.

According to a French daily newspaper, Le Parisien daily, Amalka was found in a park in Dammartin-en-Goele, a town close to the airport.

After Amalka’s reunion with her owner, Air France reveals, “Both will be able to travel to their final destination soon.”

Last year, a similar incident happened when airport staff at Atlanta Airport lost a passenger’s dog. While being transported to the plane, a staff accidentally opened the dog’s kennel, leading to the pooch’s escape.

The dog went missing for almost a month, from August 18 to September 09, and was found by an animal welfare volunteer after he put up missing flyers for the dog around the airport.

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BTS’ V Mourns The Passing Of Beloved Dog Yeontan

South Korean singer and BTS member Kim Taehyung, more popularly known as V, shares the passing of his beloved Pomeranian on Monday, December 02.

The BTS member shared the sad news on his Instagram story three days after the release of his newest digital single with renowned South Korean ballad singer Park Hyo-shin entitled ‘Winter Ahead’.

He talked about how time has passed him by and that we’re already towards the end of the year.

However, the BTS member shocked his fans when he revealed that his beloved Pomeranian, named Yeontan, and affectionately referred to as ‘Tannie’ by both his band members and fans, has crossed the rainbow bridge recently.

He wrote in Korean, “Actually the reason why I’m writing this text is because recently Yeontan has left us on a long journey to dog heaven.”

“I thought a lot about how to tell you guys, but since ARMY (BTS fans) you all sent so much love until now, I believed this was the right thing to do and delivered the news,” V added.

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V also asked fans to think of Yeontan from time to time, explaining, “I’ll be really thankful if you guys think about Yeontan from time to time so he can be happy in dog heaven.”

The BTS member also wished that everyone can spend a warm end to the year “where you can tell your loved ones around you that you love them one more time.”

In 2023, V reveals in an episode of a Korean YouTube show, called Pixid, that the pooch has heart problems, even undergoing and surviving two heart surgeries that were unsuccessful.

In the episode, V explained, “Tan has a bad heart and had surgery twice. But both times it was unsuccessful. Every time it was unsuccessful, he could have died during the surgery. But his will kept him alive. I was so grateful that he fought for his life.”

Yeontan made his “official debut” in December 2017, during fellow BTS member Jin’s birthday livestream.

Since then, both BTS members and fans have shown the pooch a lot of love as he became as famous as his superstar dad.

As a matter of fact, Yeontan even joined V in the singer’s official solo debut stage in a Korean music show program, and even had his own camera following him all throughout the performance.

We hope Yeontan is having the time of his life in doggy heaven!