Japan saves animals around nuclear power plants

The animals abandoned in the forbidden area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant will soon be rescued.

Telegraph said the Japanese Ministry of the Environment has granted animal welfare groups permission to enter a restricted area with a 20km radius around the Fukushima plant to save abandoned animals but still live like dogs and cats.

Dogs are rescued by Kansai charity
from Japan earthquake area. (Photo: Animal Rescue Kansai)

Welfare groups can only save animals requested by their employers and must ensure care and safety for these animals at the shelter. Officials will closely monitor the animal rescue process of the above groups to ensure time to stay in the forbidden zone for no more than 5 hours, to avoid affecting the health of the group members.

Animal welfare organizations and people have long planned to rescue abandoned animals in the region. Initially, they were allowed to enter the restricted area to take care of the pets but not to get them out of here.

People who once lived in the area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant were forced to abandon animals and pets when evacuating to avoid radiation after the March tsunami. Many animals have died from starvation but there are still hundreds of dogs and cats believed to have survived and wandered in the area. Images of the forbidden area around the Fukushima plant after a double disaster show that many animals were abandoned sick and hungry. Approximately 6,000 dogs were raised in households in this area before the disaster.