April 1 2011: Tsunami dog rescued

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 Myiagi 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.

Eventually, the dog was saved by a coast guard boat that took over the rescue when the helicopter ran out of fuel, Japanese broadcaster NTV said.

http://www.cbs12.com/articles/dog-47...#ixzz1IJ1EgtaX

Thanks so much for posting this story! Nice to see a story to lift the spirits of us lurkers the searchers, and survivors of such a horrendous onslaught of events.

Thank you!

That is one incredible story! Lucky dog, indeed.

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Originally Posted by RocketGirl Thanks so much for posting this story! Nice to see a story to lift the spirits of us lurkers the searchers, and survivors of such a horrendous onslaught of events. Thank you!

Welcome to the cellar RocketGirl!


The dog looks to be in good shape. Amazing it didn't fatally drink saltwater in all that time.

Poor buddy! A great story but with this tragedy there are so few of them that even the animal rescues are news.

yeah great save, but what about the poor sharks that had been waiting for him to fall in the water?? poor little sharks

As long as that dog survived this one beat him by a week!

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?se...ets&id=8038355

There are still houses floating out at sea? Wow, that's pretty amazing right there. They'll be washing ashore for months to come. I wonder which country they'll end up in? Will there be some in the middle of the Pacific Gyre for decades to come?

Tsunami-dog has been reunited with her human.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...04/3182107.htm

Aaawwwwwwwww

YAYYYYY!

that is good news!

That dog is soOOOOOoOOOooooOOOoo lucky this wasn't a Chinese disaster.

@SPUCK ow, I did crunchies yesterday, apparently it hurts a little to laugh.

Nice story, thanks.