As 4 youngsters who survived a airplane crash within the Colombian jungle get better in hospital, the search is continuous - for the canine who helped save them. 

Wilson, a Colombian military Belgian shepherd, disappeared in the course of the seek for the children.

His footprints had been discovered alongside a toddler's footprints, serving to lead rescuers to their location.

But he "got lost from the troop" after finishing his mission, a tweet from the Colombian military stated.

The navy has vowed to maintain up the seek for their "four-legged friend", saying: "No one is left behind."

Wilson options prominently within the crayon drawings the kids have achieved in hospital, which had been launched by the military.

The youngsters had been discovered on Friday wandering alone deep within the Amazon rainforest after the airplane they had been travelling in with their mom crashed 40 days earlier.

During their ordeal, the kids, who're members of the Huitoto indigenous group, are thought to have eaten cassava flour, seeds, and fruit from the rainforest.

The three adults on board the airplane died after it went down within the dense jungle because of engine failure.

The youngsters informed Astrid Cáceres, director of the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare, that they had met a "dog" within the jungle, in response to the BBC.

The youngsters spoke "of the puppy that was lost, that they do not know where it was and that it accompanied them for a while," Ms Cáceres stated.

Wilson was final seen a day or two earlier than the kids had been rescued, however the searchers' efforts to get him to return to the group had been unsuccessful.

Army colonel Fausto Avellaneda informed Spanish-language information service Infobae that it could possibly be tough to search out Wilson as a result of he was skilled as a search and assault canine, fairly than for rescue work.

The 4 youngsters, aged 13, 9, 4 and one, had been flown by helicopter to hospital within the capital Bogota.

They stay in hospital whereas a custody battle rages amongst kinfolk of the kids. Their maternal grandparents are vying for custody with the daddy of the 2 youngest.

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