A Belgian Shepherd named Wilson was instrumental in the discovery of four indigenous children earlier this month in the Amazon. Unfortunately though, during the rescue, Wilson got himself lost and now there's a rescue effort being put out on his behalf.
An unfortunate turn of events for our hero, Wilson.
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.
It's crazy to think that Wilson may have found these kids BEFORE the rescue team showed up. However, we will never actually know whether this is true.
What we do know is that Columbians take their rescue dogs pretty seriously:
As 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.
#Let'sGoForWilson, #OneIsMissing and #WilsonNationalHero are some of the tags doing the rounds.
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.
These people are my kind of people right here.
Dog finds kids.
Dog gets lost.
We find the dog.
No if, ands, or buts about it.
I love that!
"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.
They've got the flippin' army out there searching for this dog!!
Now that's commitment.
Why don't ya come on back home, Wilson.
There'll be plenty of treats for ya when you arrive!
