Animal Resources deployed to Japan April 17th – 30th, 2011 as part of the the trained disaster-response teams being organized by Kinship Circle.
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my first hotel room was also the supply room
one of our rescued kitties
individual room shelter in Niigata
door to individual shelter room
shelter room interior
cat room
cat room
this is the dog found on the floating house 40 miles out to sea
sheltering area
one of the rescue dogs
one of the rescue dogs
one of the rescue dogs
Bonnie, Isabella, and Stewart (the Vet on our team)
rescue supplies in the back of the van
local area sign
smoking area outside rest stop
our rescue van
geiger counter being monitored
geiger counter being monitored
starving cows left at a dairy farm
starving cows left at a dairy farm
starving cows left at a dairy farm
starving cows left at a dairy farm
rescued by Japanese volunteers
was transferred to us
stayed with us overnight
we continued to fill the van for later transport to the shelter (4 hour trip one way)
another rescuer' rescued dogs
Mako & Susan interacting with a local resident
Axel and one of the rescue dogs
a street view
evacuated house with cat remaining inside
evacuated house with cat remaining inside
cattle grazing
a house
extremely matted dog
extremely matted dog with his greedy partner
extremely matted dog with his greedy partner
extremely matted dog with his greedy partner
extremely matted dog with his greedy partner
extremely matted dog with his greedy partner
back of the van with dogs caged
back of the van with dogs caged
rescued dog
interior of van
interior of van
a couple rescuers
one of the starving dogs we rescued
one of the starving dogs we rescued
Japanese rescuers during night-time meeting
watering one of the dogs
back of the van, loading animals
back of the van, loading animals
another badly matted rescue dog
another badly matted rescue dog
another badly matted rescue dog
owner surrendering their dog to us to take to the shelter
owner surrendering their dog to us to take to the shelter
another rescue dog
outside of our hotel in Niigata
outside of our hotel in Niigata
outside of our hotel in Niigata
outside of our hotel in Niigata
a litter of dead kittens found at the shelter
rescued pot-bellied pig
a Shinto Shrine
the decontamination area at the shelter itself
cute little dogs
the decontamination area at the shelter
the decontamination area at the shelter
the decontamination area at the shelter
the decontamination area at the shelter
the decontamination area at the shelter
Bonnie and Genny taking a break
going through the decontamination process
going through the decontamination process
going through the decontamination process
going through the decontamination process
going through the decontamination process
dogs air-drying after bath
dogs air-drying after bath
dogs air-drying after bath
supply area at the shelter
supply area at the shelter
supply area at the shelter
little dogs at the shelter
little dogs at the shelter
little dogs at the shelter
Sasha, one of our Japanese-American interpreters - invaluable!
