07/17/2025
A 5-month-old puppy saved 67 people from a devastating landslide in India. This is Rocky. In the early hours of June 30th, he was sleeping on the ground floor of his home in Siyathi village as torrential rains poured down outside. Rocky woke up, began barking, and got the attention of his human, Lalit Kumar. "I was woken by my dog’s strange barking, as if he was trying to warn me. When I reached him, I saw a huge crack in the wall and water pouring in,” Kumar said. Thanks to Rocky's early warning, Kumar was able to wake up the others in the village, encouraging 22 families to evacuate to safety. Soon after, nearly a dozen houses were flattened as a landslide struck the village. The poor pup was swept away by the floodwaters but was thankfully found the next day, exhausted and stuck in nearby bushes 2–3 km away, and later rescued. Rocky has only been with Kumar for three months, but he's already an extremely valued member of his community, having helped save the lives of all of his neighbors. A true guardian angel in fur!
