Italian avalanche: hope for survivors after three puppies found alive in rubble

Rescuers have recovered three puppies from under the rubble of an Italian mountain hotel that was hit by an avalanche five days ago, raising fresh hopes that some of the 22 people still missing could be found alive. Firefighter Fabio Jerman said the discovery of the three shaggy white Abruzzo sheepdog pups meant there were still air pockets in the collapsed building – “an important sign of life, which gives us hope,” he said. But as light began to fade, the body of a woman was recovered from the rubble, bringing the number of the dead to seven.

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