The Japanese coast guard rescued a pet dog on Friday that somehow survived three weeks at sea after apparently being washed away in the tsunami.
Reuters reported the dog was found on the roof of a house floating off the coast of Kesennuma, in the Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan.
The dog was described as "emaciated, but alive" after it had been adrift since the March 11 disaster.
A helicopter first spotted the dog, but the animal was scared by the propellers, so it hid under the roof. Rescuers were forced to descend onto the roof to try to lure the dog to safety. They even tried to poke a hole in the roof, but the dog still stayed away.
Courtesy of DJJD (from Roberta's "animals" thread) picture of Tsunami Dog - dogs never drink seawater btw, they taste a bit of it then spit it out. But then - we know they've had torrential rains in that part of Japan - maybe rainwater collected in the ruins of the building roof Tsunami Dog was floating on?
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ossobuco
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Sat 2 Apr, 2011 04:20 pm
@Setanta,
Made me tear, in a good way. Wow.
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msolga
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Mon 4 Apr, 2011 06:27 pm
Aw, this is wonderful!
(please excuse the silly advertisement at the start of the video, Can't be helped.)
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video: Tsunami-surviving dog reunited with owner
The owner of a dog rescued from floating tsunami wreckage after three weeks at sea is reunited with her lucky pet. 05/04/11
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