By Alfred Ng From NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

A pregnant dog buried alive for two days in Russia was rescued after a man passing by heard her frantic barking.

The pooch, Belka, was a stray that had wandered into a sinkhole that had been open for three weeks, the dog-saver, Vadim Rustam said. While Belka was inside the hole, Voronezh housing authorities patched up the pit on Sept. 18, not realizing there was a dog inside.

On Sept. 21, Vadim Rustam, a resident at the building, said he kept hearing a dog’s whining and barking, but didn’t know where it was coming from. When he realized it was coming from underground, he asked city officials to help rescue the pregnant dog and its unborn pups.

After officials refused to dig another hole to save the soon-to-be mother pooch, Rustam decided to do it himself. Belka had been trapped in the hole for two days without any food and water.

Belka, a pregnant dog in the Russian city of Voronezh, was accidently buried alive by construction workers repairing collasped pavement next to a stairwell. The dog lost her unborn puppies after being deprived of food and water for several days and separated from owners Aleksandra and Vadim Rustam. Belka, a pregnant dog in the Russian city of Voronezh, was accidently buried alive by construction workers repairing collasped pavement next to a stairwell. The dog lost her unborn puppies after being deprived of food and water for several days and separated from owners Aleksandra and Vadim Rustam. Belka, a pregnant dog in the Russian city of Voronezh, was accidently buried alive by construction workers repairing collasped pavement next to a stairwell. The dog lost her unborn puppies after being deprived of food and water for several days and separated from owners Aleksandra and Vadim Rustam.

In a video, Rustam is chiseling a brick loose from the pavement. He does this for about five more bricks and then starts burrowing away sand. He moves away a large rock, and you can see a dog’s muzzle and paw popping out.

Rustam pulls her out, exciting both on-lookers and Belka. She wags her tail happily after getting out and walks around for animal lovers to pet her.

She is now at a local shelter and will be available for adoption.

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