Pets in no-entry zone to be protected (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Fukushima Prefecture has decided to protect pets left by owners in the 20-kilometer-radius no-entry zone around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by keeping them in a temporary shelter and providing health care.

Ten veterinarians and others in two groups sent by the prefecture were in the Odaka district in Minami-Soma and Katsuraomura within the no-entry zone with the consent of both municipalities' mayors Thursday afternoon, wearing protective suits and masks and carrying dosimeters to measure radiation.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110428006674.htm

[snappyturtle]

1. Good....nice to hear. nt

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. Quite a difference between there and what was done here during Katrina

Perhaps they're making up for the cows.... ??

[alphafemale]

3. Snowball. That little boy who had cradled his puppy on the overpass for 3 days.

Only to have her wrenched from his arms.

Gawd, his anguished screams still haunt me.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Yeh. That was sad and unneccessary

Cruel too. To both the puppy and the little boy.