Boro dog, missing after Spanish train crash, found safe and reunited with owner – National
A woman who survived a high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has been reunited with her dog, Boro.
After a series of train collisions caused shockwaves in Spain, Boro’s owner Ana García issued a public appeal to help her find her dog after it was crushed on Sunday during a train crash.
On Thursday, forest firefighters in southern Spain found the black and white pooch and posted photos showing García hugging Boro.
“I’m very grateful to all of Spain and everyone who participated so much,” he said. “It gave me a lot of hope and we’ve done it.”
García, 26, was traveling with her pregnant sister and Boro on the train when the tail of their train jumped the tracks for unknown reasons, and hit another train coming from the other side.
The accident killed dozens and injured more than 150 people. Rescue workers helped García and her sister out of the train car and that’s when she saw Boro before he took off.
“Please, if you can help, look after the animals,” García told reporters while holding back tears after the accident. “We were returning from a family weekend with a small dog, whose family it is.”
Spaniards on social media gathered and found Boro and the main Spanish media reported on the search for this dog.
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The Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente (PACMA), a Spanish political party that works to protect animals, nature and people, posted about the search for the lost dog.
“Boro is missing after the train accident in Adamuz. He is the dog of Ana, one of the victims, and we need to find him immediately. He will be at the scene of the train accident (Adamuz, Córdoba), scared and confused,” they wrote in a post to X with a video of García’s interview.
On Thursday, PACMA shared an update that Boro has been reunited with García.
PACMA president Javier Luna expressed his happiness after Boro’s rescue from the X post.
“At the Animalist Party, we are happy with this happy ending in the midst of the tragedy that happened last Sunday,” PACMA wrote. “However, Boro’s case shows the need for emergency laws for our animals when accidents or disasters occur. This situation could have been different and resolved quickly.”
“No amount of thanks to the people involved in saving Boro will ever be enough,” they wrote in another post on X.
In another update, PACMA said it was “delighted” to see Boro “happy at home.”
Several train accidents this week have rocked Spain, tragedies that have led to questions about safety on the country’s main railways.
The first accident involving a high-speed train in southern Spain that derailed on Sunday evening was Spain’s deadliest since a 2013 crash that killed 80 people when a train in northern Galicia derailed as it approached a curve at high speed.
On Tuesday night, another train accident occurred in northeastern Spain on a passenger line near Barcelona. One person died and 37 others were injured.
Then, on Thursday, a passenger train crashed in southeastern Spain after colliding with a crane. The emergency services said that six people with minor injuries were transferred to the hospital.
— via files from The Associated Press
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