Mila's Mum Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/japan-ea...nd-alive-at-sea (see video in link) Three weeks after being swept out to sea by Japan's devastating tsunami, a dog was found alive on a floating island of debris. Crew on a Japan Coastguard helicopter circling the wreckage of a house floating on the ocean got a surprise when they saw the dog scramble out from beneath the rubble. The house had been washed away not far from the Kesennuma coast in northern Japan, following the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left more than 28,000 people dead or missing and damaged six nuclear reactors. As the helicopter moved in closer, the frightened dog retreated below the rubble, forcing rescuers to descend winch down toward the floating debris. The dog was eventually rescued by a coast guard boat when the helicopter reportedly ran out of fuel. Japanese broadcaster NTV said there were hopes that the dog would be able to lead the coastguard to its owner. A massive search and recovery operation is underway to find 18,000 people still missing and now presumed dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 wow, amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbi Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What a lucky little dog, to be found three weeks after the tragedy. I hope the owner is still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillybob Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Geez he doesnt look like he has been starveing, wonder what he has eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Probably did quite well on fish and seagulls judging by the amount of debris that had gathered around the house. Small fish would have been hiding amongst the flotsam as it is a protection for them from larger fish. No doubt larger fish would have been caught in what looked like fishing nets in twinned in the flotsam. Easy pickings for a savvy scavenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 That, and/or perhaps he was very overweight to begin with? My first thoughts were where he might have been getting fresh water to drink from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9angel Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 That is a beautiful story, or I should say, miracle - and one extremely lucky doggie there. Watching that video and reading the story, bought happy tears to my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frufru Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just watched footage of this dog being reunited with its owner!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillybob Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 When you see pics of this dog when it was saved, it looked really confused and traumatised. Then you see his face when he meets his owner again and that smile is just wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Where's the footage of the dog being reunited with its owner? Lucky dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal House Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Where's the footage of the dog being reunited with its owner? Lucky dog http://content.usatoday.com/communities/on...ed-with-owner/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenzied1 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 What an amazing story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda K Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 just lovely to watch the reunion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9angel Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I just read the good news on Yahoo. It made my day. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world...reunited-owner/ A dog that was rescued from a floating roof off Japan's tsunami-battered north-east coast was reunited with its owner on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said. Two-year-old Ban yapped and jumped into the arms of her owner, a woman in her 50s and a resident of Kesennuma in Miyagi prefecture, a port town severely hit in the March 11 disaster, television footage showed. A Japan Coast Guard elite rescue unit picked up the dog after spotting it on a floating house roof two kilometres from Kesennuma, in a rescue widely broadcast as a rare happy moment amid the calamity. The woman recognised her pet, which was kept in an animal shelter following its rescue late last week, after watching NHK. "I recognised her immediately after seeing her face," she said, hugging the animal as Ban licked her face. "I am happy that she seems healthy. I want to cherish her when I take her back." The Japan Coast Guard is still searching for thousands of people missing after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck. The twin disasters killed 12,175 people and 15,489 remain missing, national police said. It's not the first story of canine survival that has moved the Japanese people. Recently a video showing a shivering and disoriented dog, remaining loyally by the side of a stricken fellow pooch, made national headlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Baggins Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Well that brought :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabel964 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Oh so many tears here, such a great story. I wish there were more, but I'll settle for that. The joy and then th calm happiness in the dog when reunited with its owner was just so moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Ohhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCPuppy Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 How wonderful they both survived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Avanti* Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Brought a tear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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