She must have been so scared.
By Stephen Messenger
Published on March 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
This week, residents in the city of Aydın, Turkey, were left unable to sleep due to the desperate barking in the distance. The sounds appeared to be emanating from a nearby construction site, where a thick layer of concrete had recently been poured.
Fearing a dog might be trapped, rescuers from local search and rescue AKUT were called in to investigate.
And sure enough, this is what they found — a dog partially encased in concrete.
How the dog ended up in that spot isn’t totally clear. It’s suspected that she’d walked through semi-hardened concrete, after which she fell into a mound of construction debris. As the concrete hardened to both her body and the surrounding material, the dog became hopelessly trapped.
But thankfully, help was on the way.
Using a power chisel, rescuers delicately chipped away at the concrete surrounding the dog and encasing her body.
The careful procedure reportedly took seven hours from start to finish.
The dog, who was understandably frightened and exhausted, was ultimately freed from her concrete tomb.
Just a few layers of the material remained caked on her body.
Rescuers then administered an IV drip to replenish her body after that long ordeal.
The dog, initially thought to be a stray, was then transferred to a local veterinarian for an examination.
But, it turns out, rescuers didn’t just prevent a loss of life that day. They spared hearts from being shattered.
According to Turkish news outlet Hürriyet, the dog’s name is Paris — and she has a family who were no doubt worried sick.
“Paris, who was in good condition, was returned to her owner after a veterinary check-up,” Hürriyet reported.