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Loyal Japan Tsunami Dog Still Missing (VIDEO)

March 14, 2013

(ANIMAL RESCUE) On March 14, 2011, two loyal dogs captured hearts around the world. Mei-chan, a spotted Brittany spaniel, and Lee-chan, a white English setter, were separated from their guardian during the chaos of Japan’s Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. These canine companions managed to stay together despite the turmoil and disarray in the city streets. A Fuji TV crew spotted and filmed Mei-chan refusing to leave an injured Lee-chan’s side. This footage of two loyal and lost friends touched the world and became a YouTube sensation. It also created worldwide awareness of the devastation the tsunami caused to animals and pets. Read on to learn more about this heartfelt tale, and check out the video of the two loyal tsunami dogs. — Global Animal

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Japan Allowing Animal Rescue In Exclusion Zone

December 7, 2011

(ANIMAL RESCUE) JAPAN — Yesterday, seven months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, government officials finally granted permits to rescue groups allowing entry into the exclusion zone around the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power plant to rescue animals. Even after all this time, animal welfare groups believe that several hundred pets have survived, and are just waiting for rescue. Read on to learn what guidelines the rescue groups will have to follow. — 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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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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IFAW Plans Animal Rescue Summit In Japan

April 22, 2011

JAPAN (ANIMAL RESCUE) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is organizing a meeting of radiation and welfare experts to develop a plan to help the animals inside evacuation zones in Japan. Their goal is to create response procedures and protocols to monitor, evacuate, and treat animals affected by radiation. This landmark animal rescue summit will develop necessary protocol for dealing with dangerous rescues, now and in the future. — Global Animal

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Animal Groups Team Up To Rescue Cats From Japan’s Radiation Zone (VIDEO)

April 19, 2011

JAPAN (ANIMAL RESCUE) – Follow an animal rescue team as they save cats from radiation and starvation in the ghost town of Namie and the Otaka district of Minamisoma City. Only 10 minutes after setting a trap with food for the abandoned animals, a cat was caught and brought in for care. Read on for more details on the tireless efforts of animal protection groups like  Nekohito-kai, Animal Friendship and Noraneko Sumida, and to watch the videos of these rescues. — 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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