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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s army welcomed a new search puppy on Wednesday, gifted from Turkey following the death in the line of duty of a Mexican rescue dog who had been helping to find survivors of February’s massive earthquake near the Syrian border.<\/p>\n

The three-month-old German Shepherd will join Mexico’s famed canine unit, specialized in helping locate survivors in a country prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters.<\/p>\n

The black and beige fur-ball with perky ears and outsize paws has been named ‘Arkadas’ – meaning “friend” in Turkish – following an online vote.<\/p>\n

Arkadas will be trained by the same trainer who cared for Proteo, the rescue dog that died on mission in Turkey, the army said.<\/p>\n

Mexico deployed rescue dogs to Turkey after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook a huge area near the southern border with Syria, causing at least 54,000 deaths across both nations.<\/p>\n

Mexico paid homage to Proteo, also a German Shepherd, at a military funeral earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Wearing a padded green harness featuring a tiny Mexican flag, Arkadas was welcomed to the force in a formal ceremony at a military base in Mexico City on Wednesday, joined by his new canine and human colleagues, standing to attention.<\/p>\n

The excitable pup barked as Mexico’s national anthem blared out from speakers.<\/p>\n

“Thanks to my friends from Mexico who welcomed me with great affection, I promise to do my best to be a great search and rescue dog,” the Mexican defense ministry tweeted on behalf of Arkadas.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Isabel Woodford; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Rosalba O’Brien)<\/p>\n

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