After João Paulo de Costa lost sight of his four dogs and the video went viral on the internet, he detailed how the episode went. The incident happened about a month ago during a flight stop in Istanbul, Turkey.

Catarinense, who lost 4 dogs in flight, tells the details of the case – Photo: Internet / Reproduction / ND

Born in Crisium, in the south of the state, Joao and his five dogs were returning from competitions in the Philippines and stopped in Turkey for a stopover. Papillon breeder.

According to the caregiver, the flight was canceled, and he went to the boarding gate to ask for information about the dogs, but no one had answers. “In the end, they left laughing, and I was talking to myself,” Joao said in an interview with Ver Mais.

In the video, a man is desperately looking for his four dogs. “Where are my dogs? [Onde estão meus cachorros?]show me my dogs [Me mostre meus cachorros]he said aloud.

The video went viral on social media — Video: @oyzar_/TikTok/Playback/ND

When ignored, the tutor said he was very worried. “I thought: am I really going to stay here to cry? No, I have to do something. They are my children, not a suitcase that was lost and found ten days later.”

After moments of anguish, the police went to João to find out what was going on, and the situation was quickly resolved. “About 1:30 I found my dogs again. From there we flew to Switzerland,” he recalled.

Video went viral

Joao says the video only went viral two days later, when he and the dogs were already in Switzerland. “It was 3 or 4 in the morning and people started calling me from Brazil asking what I did and what happened.”

Prior to this, the mentor had no idea the moment was filmed and claims he was caught off guard.

“I was contacted by a person from São Paulo who works with social networks and said that he wanted to help me, because many people thought that the dogs had died, so we need to clarify the situation,” says Joao.

Shortly after the conversation, João took to social media to express his opinion and announce that he is already healthy and with animals.