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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 01:08 AM
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A wonderful 70 Yr old Bitish woman braving Japan's radiation zones to save abandoned dogs and cats.
They are the forgotten victims of the Japanese tsunami; the countless pets abandoned by their owners as they fled fallout from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

But one British woman is braving the potentially lethal radiation levels to rescue animals left to die in the eerie ghost towns of the 12-mile evacuation zone.

So far, 70-year-old Elizabeth Oliver, originally from Somerset, has saved 197 dogs and 17 cats from the area, which she enters wearing a protective suit and carrying a Geiger counter


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391988/The-British-woman-braving-Fukushima-radiation-zone-save-abandoned-quake-dogs.html





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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:14 AM
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1. I love this woman. K&R.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:22 AM
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2. What a brave kind caring woman
I wish there was more like her in this world. :loveya:
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:26 AM
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3. what a loving thing to do.
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BillyJack Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:45 AM
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4. I hope it;'s true. I hope this woman is "for real" eom
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 04:41 AM
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6. Why on earth wouldn't she be "for real"?
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Hannah Bell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 04:46 AM
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7. "Miss Oliver, who has lived in Japan for more than 40 years"
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 04:32 AM
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5. There is an enormous amount of animal rescue going on.
From the tsunami areas, too.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 06:40 AM
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8. Recommend
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