Woman reunited with her dog 7 days after tsunami - pics

[Kadie]

Akane Ho embraces her dog Mei at an evacuation center in Natori near Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 18, 2011. Mei was returned to her today, seven days after she went missing following the earthquake triggered tsunami on March 11.


Akane Ho hugs her dog Mei at an evacuation center in Natori near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 18, 2011. Mei was returned to her today, seven days after she went missing following the earthquake triggered tsunami on March 11.

[Dappleganger]

1. Those are some BIG lab paws!

Nothing sweeter than snuggling with a warm yellow lab--good for her!

[calimary]

42. Maybe it's still a puppy?

Comforting to see these photos. People need their pets! People NEED their animals! This is seriously important - especially in a time of crisis! That dog may be all she has left. Makes it even MORE important.

[JuniperLea]

2. I'm so happy for them both!

Beautiful!

Thanks for sharing.

[myrna minx]

3. These always make me

:cry:

[xchrom]

4. ...

:applause:

[Blue Owl]

5. Yea!

Let the healing begin.

:kick:

[hlthe2b]

6. Now, that's a reunion.... 'So happy for them both.

'Wishing you both well

[KittyWampus]

7. who loves his mommy? who loves his mommy?

[StarryNite]

8. Bless them both.

I hope there are many more happy endings to come.

[marew]

33. Amen! n/t

[grasswire]

9. she looks great!

Cute clothes, no rips in those sheer stockings. Wonder how?

[truedelphi]

20. I have seen on TV that some people are allowed to get back into their homes

To retrieve things - but they are not allowed to stay due to concerns about the houses being safe for the long term. That is one possibility.

[truebrit71]

10. Nice!

...

[Lucinda]

11. :)

[Control-Z]

12. Those pictures almost

made me cry. There is some serious love between the two of them. I'm so happy they were reunited!

[Upton]

13. I should compliment you..

your animal pic posts are always great. I love animals. Thanks.

[Kadie]

30. Thank you Upton.

:)

[TheEuclideanOne]

46. I agree. I always love the pictures that you post like these.

But when I look at them, I also admire the high quality of them too. Please post more like these!

[angstlessk]

14. So she lost EVERYTHING except her doggy...happy/sad

happy for her doggy....sad for her loss!

[Butch350]

48. Sometimes, just sometimes...

there are things in life more important than MATERIAL GOODS.

I hope you don't have to learn that lesson the hard way.

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Nice to see some pics of good moments. Reunions of this type always make me weepy.

[malaise]

16. Brings tears to my eyes

Too lovely - thanks

[Auntie Bush]

17. I wonder what the story is behind them getting separated and how they were reunited,

[Kadie]

18. I tried to find more information, but haven't come across anything yet.

Will post it in this thread if I find anything.

[california willow]

49. Woman Reunited with her dog.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/dog-in-japan-stays-by-the-side-of-its-ailing-friend-in-the-rubble


Is the same dog in the video? I wonder if the second dog is hers too.

[Maru Kitteh]

19. THANKS! Great story! n/t

[stuntcat]

21. Love was saved!

This is great, Some people must have helped get them together, that's so good.

[tabasco]

22. Dogs love us so much.

Please donate to your local animal shelter.

[warrior1]

23. same girl in this photo. I was wondering what happened to her

I noticed that the collar is the same on her coat.

[warrior1]

24. delete

[Bunny]

25. Could be the same woman. It's in the same city, too. Natori.

Caption: A woman cries amid the destruction in Natori, Japan.

[warrior1]

26. same rings on her fingers

damn. I so happy she has her dog back.

[diane in sf]

36. I thought it looked like her! She looks like she lost everyone/thing in this picture

I'm so happy she was reunited with her dog.

[Kadie]

27. Wow.

Thanks for posting that. I remember that picture from earlier this week.

They have updated the caption, and corrected her last name.


CORRECTS GIRL'S FAMILY NAME TO ITO - Akane Ito embraces her dog Mei at an evacuation center in Natori near Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 18, 2011. Mei was returned to her today, seven days after she went missing following the earthquake triggered tsunami on March 11.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. WOW... good for her, that dog will do her wonders

[WillyT]

29. HUGE K & R !!!

:D

:kick:

[Raine]

31. Aw so sweet

brings tears to my eyes :cry: but they're happy tears for them. :-)

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. k&r

[Botany]

34. I got something in my eye

I was just playing w/ scads of labs yesterday and i have my own lab @ feet right now.

[suffragette]

35. Kadie, you're making me cry

And I don't mind these tears at all. So happy they were reunited and that you found and posted this here.

[madmax]

37. This is what makes ones life rich

Not money, prestige, or even power.

This.

[northernlights]

38. thank you for this...

:cry: :cry: :cry:

So glad they were reunited. Hoping many, many more such reunions taking place....

[Evolve_Already]

39. Love me a happy tail waggin' ending!

Beautiful!

[Pooka Fey]

40. Hooray for nice doggies and their people.

[NillaWafers]

41. A dog can heal so much pain sometimes. Bless them both. n/t

[emulatorloo]

43. Thank you for posting these n/t

[ZombieHorde]

44. Awesome.

The stockings are awesome too.

[Beacool]

45. Heartwarming story after so much misery.

Thank you for posting it.

:pals:

[california willow]

47. What about her other dog?

Is this her dog too? If so, they were taken to separate shelters. Do you have any information.
It looks like her yellos lab in the video. Can you please help. Thanks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/dog-in-japan-stays-by-the-side-of-its-ailing-friend-in-the-rubble

[trud]

50. I don't know

if it's the injured dog in the video or not, but both dogs in the video seem to have some sort of (odd shaped) taggish thing on their collars. Hopefully an id of some sort.

[Kadie]

51. Welcome to DU california willow!

Last I read, the two dogs from the video were still together and getting nursed back to health.

[warrior1]

52. These aren't the

same dogs. Her dog is a lab, not sure what the other pups are.

[Scurrilous]

53. K & R

:thumbsup:

[virgogal]

54. I loooove these stories. Thanks for posting it.

[tblue37]

55. Thank goodness for this at least. In every picture I have seen in which

people are holding their dogs, they are essentially holding on for dear life. Those beloved companions are probably doing more to keep these survivors grounded and functioning than anything else that is being done or that can be done.

I am horrified at the heartless way that evacuation plans in the US demand that people leave behind animal companions who are really part of the family. I am quite sure that many people have died terrifying, unnecessary deaths in US disasters, especially the awful ones (like Katrina) that we've had in the past few years, despite being offered a timely chance at rescue, because they could not bear to abandon their animal friends to die alone and frightened. I know I could never abandon my 4 cats, and I could not have abandoned the cats, ferrets, and dogs I have had before these pets that I have now.

I remember reading an article as people in Texas fled Hurricane Rita that describe Cuba’s evacuation process, which included pets and livestock as well as people. Say what you want about Cuba, but in many ways they could teach us a lot about taking care of everyone rather than just the elite few.