Rescue dog Wilson, who helped find lost children in Colombian Amazon, is now missing
- Soldiers are scouring the jungle in search of the canine hero who may have located the missing kids long before human teammates arrived
- Wilson was the one who found a discarded baby bottle near the children’s plane crash site, and the survivors drew a picture of a dog after being saved
Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the target of a rescue mission himself.
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.
As relief settled in following a happy ending to the 40-day odyssey of Lesly, 13; Soleiny, nine; Tien Noriel, five; and one-year-old Cristin, Colombians have been clamouring on social media for the safe return of Wilson as well.
#Let’sGoForWilson, #OneIsMissing and #WilsonNationalHero are some of the tags doing the rounds.
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Colombians 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.