Japan - animal rescues & news of

[ChrisH]

Stranded tsunami dog rescued in Japan, a dog stranded at sea for three weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puXbqK3tNbM


SENDAI, Japan - Supplied photo shows a dog, which was rescued from a roof drifting on the sea off earthquake and tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011, at an animal care center run by the prefectural government on April 4. The female dog was reunited with its owner on April 4 after the owner saw a TV news report on the rescue and visited the center. (Photo courtesy of the Miyagi prefectural animal care center)(Kyodo) Kyodo

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kk-ky...11041332311482

Video of the reunion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaNPz...ature=youtu.be

[ChrisH]

3/30 - 3/31/11: "FOR 2 WEEKS, MY DOG LIVES ON SCRAPS. NO FOOD." (Kinship Circle - Japan Field Notes)

http://www.facebook.com/notes/kinshi...75913492456467

[ChrisH]

Kinship Circle Dog Rescue - Japan 2011
March 29, 2011 - A Kinship Circle-JEARS team rescues this forlorn cocker spaniel, concealed in tall grass in Minami-Soma. Like most animals we find, he wears a collar. We do not know if this dog is orphaned or abandoned, but reunion efforts are made for rescues brought to the Animal Friends Niigata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxyzj2TuExU

[Freedom]

What a WONDERFUL thread! Thank you for compiling and sharing all of this!

[ChrisH]

Three days on a roof.





"He bites," were the first words Isabella heard about this little corgi. Traumatized after floating for three days on a roof, he struggled at the evacuation center in Niigata. "I've never seen an expression like that on a dog's face," said Isabella. Found after floating on a roof for three days, profound fear and stress kept the corgi on the defensive in the somewhat unsettled surroundings of the center. Answering a call for help, JEARS brought the dog to Animal Friends Niigata. After a few days of careful attention, an amazing change occurred. Calmer and happier and no longer terrified, the dog has bonded with one of the staff, a young male, which makes them suspect his owner must have been a younger fellow. But for the moment, he remains nameless and the JEARS team is looking for suggestions for the little guy.

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[ChrisH]

What a WONDERFUL thread! Thank you for compiling and sharing all of this!

You are welcome.

I cannot praise the people who are doing such wonderful work enough.

[ChrisH]

Some of you are probably wondering about "Susie", the spaniel from the video. She has settled in at Animal Friends Niigata as you can see. The area we found her is now under mandatory evacuation and there's no telling if her owner will show up, or if they were victims of the tsunami. If she comes up for adoption though, you'd be getting a real sweetheart.



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[ChrisH]

Meet Trixie, broken paw but rescued and safe.



http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...228979&theater

[ChrisH]

The beautiful brindle dog pictured above spends each day since the disaster in Japan, staring anxiously at the door outside a Japanese evacuation center. He waits for his owner to come out into the freezing weather to comfort him. Dogs aren't allowed inside evacuation centers so his owner tethered him to a post and gave the young dog a small kennel and blanket to keep him warm. But the dog insists on waiting in the open air in hopes of catching a glimpse of his beloved human.

This is just one of the daily tragedies witnessed by Kinship Circle, a nonprofit organization that specializes in animal advocacy and disaster rescue. The group was the first U.S. animal welfare organization to be on the ground after the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Outside every evacuation center pets can be found chained to buildings or locked inside cars.

Kinship Circle rescue workers offered to take the man's dog to an animal rescue shelter in another town that would provide a warm, safe place to stay. The man broke down and sobbed. He had lost everything and his dog was all he had left. Parting with him was too much for the man to bear. The volunteers left the dog behind and gave the man plenty of food to keep his pal alive.

More here.
Japan pet survivors