"It was clear that if we make any move towards them, they run across the railroad tracks and disappear," Rescuer Eldad Hagar told The Dodo.
The starving puppies did came out to eat the food that they were given, but were still wary of the humans. When one of the rescuers got hold of one of the puppies, the rest of them scattered back deep into the cave.
He dug himself some space and then slid into the tight, dark entrance, hoping the puppies weren't too far in for him to grab. Hagar managed to pull out three terrified little puppies who cried and cried during the entire rescue operation
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