disaster relief: April 2011 Archives
AP photo
Here's some rare good news out of that tragic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11.
A dog was spotted from the air last week, walking around on some floating debris of a house in the ocean about a mile from the coastline. The dog, a female named Ban, was rescued and reunited with her owner this morning. She had been out there for 3 weeks. Video below.
In a separate story out of Japan this week:
A pet dog is screened for radiation contamination
after being reunited with its owner in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture,
northeastern Japan, Sunday, April 4, 2011. Tamura city lies partly
within the zone around the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear
power plant, where officials have told residents to stay indoors. (AP
Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Kenji Shimizu) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT (Kenji
Shimizu)
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.