The Radioactive Man Who Returned to Fukushima to Feed Animals Left Behind

[+ quoththeraven]

My latest contribution to our informal Animal subforum. I'm pretty sure I didn't post this before. Have tissues handy, this one will make you cry.

 

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"They also told me that I wouldn’t get sick for 30 or 40 years. I’ll most likely be dead by then anyway, so I couldn’t care less."

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He also freed many animals that had been left chained by their owners [who had to flee for their lives unexpectedly].

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The government has forbidden him from staying, but that doesn’t stop him either.

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He started in 2011 and is still going strong 4 years later.

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He relies solely on donations from supporters to work with and feed the animals.

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His supporters are calling him the ‘guardian of Fukushima’s animals’.

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[rvwnsd]

What a beautiful story!