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Looking for Owners: 1 Dog and 131 Cats Rescued from inside the Nuclear Restricted Area

Her is an article dated October 22, 2012 on MSN Sankei News. The Ministry of Environment and Fukushima Prefecture carried out an intensive rescue operation from September 7 through October 2, and managed to capture 1 dog and 131 cats … Continue reading

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Photo Exhibition on Abandoned Animals to be Held in The Netherlands!!

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After more than 1 & half years since the tsunami struck on March 11, 2012 and subsequently nuclear disaster taken place in Fukushima, a photo exhibition will be held in the Netherlands presenting photos of animals inside the Fukushima 20km … Continue reading

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Farm Animals Can Now Live

An article from one major news agency in Japan on April 5, 2012. http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2012040500781. The government now allows keeping livestock inside the 20km no-go zone alive, but reproducing and transporting them not allowed. On 5th, the governemt decided to change its … Continue reading

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UPDATE on Mr. Matsumura

Good news. In the early morning of April 2, 2012, Mr. Matsumura’s permit to continue staying within the no-go zone in Fukushima was officially granted. He is the only one person who has been refusing to evacuate from the area … Continue reading

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UPDATE on Mr. Matsumura’s Permit to Stay Inside the Exclusion Zone in Fukushima

In reference to the previous article in which the permit for Mr. Matsumura was taken away but may get it back, according to Mr. Hoshi who has been rescuing dogs and cats from inside the exclusion zone and who has … Continue reading

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Mr. Matsumura Likely to Get His Permit Back to Stay and Feed Animals inside the 20km Exclusion Zone

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We were all outraged when we learnt that Mr. Matsumura, a man in his 50’s who has been living and feeding livestocks and pets on his own within the exclusion zone inside Fukushima ever since the nuclear accident last year … Continue reading

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Six Ostriches Have Been Safely Captured Inside The Fukushima Exclusion Zone

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  There was news last month in January about six roaming ostriches inside the Fukushima exclusion zone that they have been safely captured.   They are now kept at a farm in Tomioka-Cho. In earlier times, it was said the … Continue reading

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A Total of 332 Pets Rescued by Private Animal Protection Organizations

An article from Mainichi Newspaper on January 7, one of the major papers in Japan. (Headline) A total of 332 pets were rescued from the Fukushima Daiichi No-Entry Zone by Private Animal Protection Organisations On the issue of pets that were … Continue reading

The Fukushima Animal Holocaust Part 1 (CNN)

CNN took up a story about the Japanese government’s no-effort in saving lives of animals within the 20km no-go zone in Fukushima in their iReport.  Please check it out at: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-708650

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Dogs & Cats to Be Captured Inside Fukushima 20km No-Go Zone

An article from Yahoo News November 6, 2011: In order to capture dogs and cats around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant that are left alone due to the nuclear accident, Kyoto prefecture is sending in 4 officials, 2 vetenarians … Continue reading