Debbie Goebels bandages her rescue dog after she injured herself searching for survivors of the tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in April 2011.
Photo: Lee Celano/Reuters
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, 2005
Eight days after Hurricane Katrina, an anonymous dog awaits rescue on the roof of this SUV.
Photo: Lee Celano/Reuters
Japan Earthquake, 2011
A dog and its owner were evacuated from a town 187 miles north of Tokyo after the tsunami devastated the city.
Photo: Issei Kato/Reuters
Landslides in Pingtung County, Taiwan 2009
A woman carries a dog while walking with her son after leaving their home in a landslide-affected mountain village in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The landslides hit after a typhoon swept through the county.
Photo: STR New/Reuters
Earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, 2008
Soldiers take care of a dog after rescuing it from the rubble of a house which was destroyed after the earthquake in Beichuan, Sichuan province in May, 2008. The 7.9 magnitude quake was one of the most devasting to ever hit China.
Photo: Reinhard Krause/Reuters
Portugal Forest Fires, 2005
In northern Portugal, a girl and her dog run away from a forest fire that burned close to her home in 2005.
Photo: Miguel Vidal/Reuters
Portugal Forest Fires, 2005
A dog runs from a forest fire on the outskirts of Viana do Castelo city in northern Portugal, August 21, 2005.
Photo: Miguel Vidal/Reuters
Galtür Avalanche, Austria, 1999
Rescue workers search for survivors of a massive avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Galtuer. The avalanche killed 31 people and is considered the worst Alpine avalanche in 40 years.
Photo: STR New/Reuters
Czech Republic Floods, 1997
A dog tries to find his way to a dry place on a street in Uherske Hradiste, in south Moravia. The floods in July 1997 claimed over 100 lives in in the Czech Republic and Poland.
Photo: Petr David Josek/Reuters
Earthquake in Colombia, 1999
Ten-year-old Angelica Lozano walks with her dog outside her home after a powerful earthquake ripped through the city of Armenia, Colombia, January 30, 1999. The initial earthquake resulted in approximately 1,000 casualities and was the strongest earthquake to strike Colombia for 16 years.
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