Passerby saves stray puppy's life by giving it the kiss of life and CPR after it started choking on a piece of salami
- The incredible CPR attempt took place in the district of Kedirli in Turkey
- A shopkeeper was feeding the stray dogs in the area when one began to choke
- He asked a passerby to help and Omer Yilmaz was able to save the dog's life
This is the heartwarming moment a heroic passerby saves a stray puppy's life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after it was spotted choking on a piece of salami.
The incredible CPR attempt took place in the district of Kedirli in the north-eastern Turkish province of Rize when shopkeeper Yakup Gor was feeding the stray dogs in the area.
According to local media, he saw one of the dogs disappear under a car and when he checked, he found a small puppy choking and about to pass out.
Omer Yilmaz tends to the limp body of the puppy which appears to be close to death
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He asked passerby Omer Yilmaz for help and he started to massage the puppy's chest area.
He then held the animal under a running tap and administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until he finally brought it back to life, as seen in the video.
The heroic passerby told local media: 'My friend Yakup was feeding the dogs when one of them started choking on a piece of salami. He asked for my help so I intervened.
The hero passerby performs mouth-to-mouth on the animal after running cold water over it
'When I removed the salami from its throat, the puppy went into shock and passed out. Its pulse was also very slow, so I put its head under running water to wake it up.
'I then performed CPR and it came back to life. We were overjoyed. It is a living creature, the same thing could have happened to a person. It does not matter, human or animal, it is alive at the end of the day.'
Yilmaz also said that many people are contacting him to congratulate him for his heroic actions after the footage was posted on social media.
He said: 'I had no idea it had been uploaded to the internet!'
The rescued puppy after the successful CPR. Yilmaz said many people have sent their congratulations to him
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