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10 Yrs Since Fukushima Evacuated: 2 Men Stayed To Care For All The Animals Left Behind
Daily Kos, March 14, 2021.
When the earthquake, followed by the tsunami, hit Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, it caused a nuclear disaster that had the population of 200,000 fleeing to get out. The government evacuated the area ASAP, and most residents were given little time to get even their most precious items.
Raging waters disabled the power supply and cooling system of three reactors at the power plant. A nuclear accident occurred on March 11, 2011. The back-to-back catastrophic events took the lives of 19,300 people and is considered the most severe nuclear accidents since Chernobyl.
That left tens of thousands of pets; cats, dogs, rabbits, etc…..and farm and ranch animals; cows, pigs, horses, etc….to fend for themselves in a nuclear radioactive zone. Not to mention the freezing winters. But without food and water, and locked in houses and fenced pens, there was little chance of survival.
The government allowed animal welfare organizations to enter, wearing hazmat suits, to retrieve as many animals as they could in December of 2011, before the worst of the winter hit. But thousands were left behind. Only two men stayed behind in the fall-out. Naoto Matsumura and Sakae Kato remained. With a purpose. And what a purpose. To care for all the animals left behind...
More,
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3/14/2020803/-Ten-Years-Since-Fukushima-Was-Evacuated-Two-Men-Stayed-To-Care-For-All-The-Animals-Left-Behind
- How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/
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