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Volunteers to the rescue of dogs in Fukushima

Etsumi Ogino

When he saw a photograph of a group of dogs that roamed an abandoned village near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the dog lover thought in his own pet, Kein, 13, and then decided to act.
"My heart was shaking," Ogino said, a volunteer for 56 years at an animal shelter in the prefecture of Chiba. "They looked like my dog \u200b\u200band started to look away."
She and others throughout Japan immediately called Asahi.com, the website of the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which published the photo.
An Associated Press photographer had taken the photo and others of the canines in an abandoned street in the city of Minami Soma, area evacuated due to fears of radiation. The agency sent information Ogino journalist who was with the photographer and she shared with a team of animal rescuers called Sheltie Rescue.
then, the group had received emails from dog lovers across the country to ask about abandoned animals. Through emails and an internet search that the owner was established of the dogs was a breeder of Minami Soma. The group entered into contract with a division in the city of Fukushima Collie Dog Club of Japan, found the owner and gave them permission to rescue animals.
In the early hours of last Sunday, seven volunteers came from Tokyo and led by broken roads and devastated homes to meet with three other volunteers in the state in which the ghost had become Minami Soma. Some wore special suits to radiation, others brought only waterproof vinyl.
The first two people to arrive found the pack around the train station Odaka, near the owner's house, where the team AP had last seen.
"They were waiting for her owner," said Tamiko Nakamura, a volunteer with the group arrived in Tokyo. The dogs were left to dry food and were not very hungry. However, it took a little time attracting them with candy and six or seven dogs were posted in every car. The group saved 20 dogs in total.

Most were taken to a veterinarian in Kanagawa, while others are cared for by people in different areas. The owner whose identity preferred to remain anonymous, devastated by the disaster and concerned about his dogs, he was "very happy," said Nakamura. Only regret that some group of dogs escaped and another large number are still alone in the evacuation zone.
"There are still some there. I am concerned and would like to remove them, "added Nakamura.

Source: eluniversal.com