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No Justice In Japan For Dolphin Guardian (TAKE ACTION)

February 10, 2012

(DOLPHIN NEWS) On December 16, Sea Shepherd volunteer Erwin Vermeulen was arrested in Taiji, Japan for “pushing” a Japanese hotel employee. The Dolphin Resort Hotel employee  was supposed to be keeping people away from the area because the hotel was transporting dolphins from cages in the ocean into the hotel. The employee claims Vermeulen shoved him in the chest while taking pictures of dolphins. Vermeulen says he didn’t have to push anyone to get better pictures, because he simply walked right past the employee who was busy talking on his cell phone. DNA evidence conducted during the trial proved Vermeulen had no physical contact with the employee. Yet Erwin Vermeulen has spent 56 days in Japanese prison, and continues to be held. Read on for more info on the recent Sea Shepherd news. — Global Animal

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VIDEO UPDATE FROM JAPAN: One Loyal Tsunami Dog Found

November 1, 2011

Nov. 5, 2011 VIDEO UPDATE (LOYAL TSUNAMI DOGS) – Nearly eight months after Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami and the moving video of the two “loyal tsunami dogs” or, “stay together dogs,” who refused to abandon each other, one of the dogs has been located, reports the Nippon SPCA.  This direct account by the guardian of the two dogs in the video, a Brittany spaniel and an Irish setter, refutes Kenn Sakurai’s story that he was instrumental in rescuing the “stay together dogs” right after a Japan TV station shot the heartbreaking footage. Read on for details about what happened to the loyal dogs and why Nippon SPCA is calling Kenn Sakurai’s actions into question. 

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Putting A Furry Face To Japan’s Ongoing Animal Relief

October 21, 2011

(ANIMAL RESCUE) JAPAN — Approximately eight months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, animals are still being rescued with the help of Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS) and Kinship Circle. Some have been rescued and rehabilitated from Japan’s radiation exclusion zone, while others have been saved from euthanization and in some cases, reunited with their families. — Global Animal

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Groups Get Creative To Raise Money For Animals

June 7, 2011

The Global Animal Foundation has been collecting and dispersing donations for emergency animal rescues around the world, from the Japan earthquake and tsunami to the tornadoes in the United States. We’ve been amazed and inspired by the creative ways people are coming together to take action on behalf of animals in crisis. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to these animal rescue initiatives. Our hats are off to you! Here are a few of the groups…

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Fukushima Update: Animal Rescue In Japan’s Exclusion Zones

June 2, 2011

(JAPAN ANIMAL RESCUE UPDATE) It’s been nearly three months since Japan was devastated by the earthquake & tsunami. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant and surrounding residences are blocked off and evacuated, leaving pets and farm animals to die. Read on about the government’s newest rulings and actions for the animals in the 20km exclusion zone and the obstacles currently facing animal rescue groups like Kinship Circle and JEARS. – Global Animal

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Fukushima Exclusion Zone Update: 5-hr. Visits Allowed, Euthanizing Begins

April 29, 2011

April 29, 2011  (JAPAN ANIMAL RESCUE (VIDEO) – Japan’s federal government and Fukushima Prefecture officials announced new, but incomplete, action plans for the pets and farm animals left behind in the 20-km radiation evacuation zone. Initiatives include 5-hour access for evacuees, Fukushima officials taking custody of animals in the nuclear power plant zone, and sadly, culling farm animals that are near death. Read on…– Global Animal

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Japan’s Exclusion Zones Like “Katrina With Radiation”

April 14, 2011

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN – (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Abandoned pets and farm animals are starving and dying in Fukushima’s 20km radiation exclusion zones. And a small band of animal rescue groups are bending the rules to try to save them. Risking radiation poisoning and arrest, Kinship Circle and other animal organizations are sneaking into the ‘dead zone’ to save any life they can.

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Marine Life At Risk From Radiation In Japan (UPDATE)

April 13, 2011

JAPAN — While the ocean has a high capacity for diluting radiation, the radioactive isotope levels in the sea near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant bring higher risk of death, mutation, and genetic degradation for marine life than previously predicted. The greatest threat  is to future generations of sea creatures; the radiation could interfere with reproduction and the development of young, causing a collapse of the population. — Global Animal

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