Buddhika Weerasinghe: Fukushima no-entry zone people spend the day with their pet dogs first time after the evacuated

Animal Shelter Taking Care Of Pets From Tsunami Area

ALONE AGAIN

A staff member holds the pet dog of a family after they left during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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A staff member takes an abondoned dog from Fukushima out of its shelter during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Children who were evacuated from Fukushima spend the day with their pet dog for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

WHY I HAVE TO STAY ALONE

An abondoned dog from Fukushima looks through a fence during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A family who evacuated from Fukushima spends the day with their pet dog Maro for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A staff member plays with an abondoned dog from Fukushima during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Families who evacuated from Fukushima spends the day with their pet dog Maro for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

An abondoned dog from Fukushima rests during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan. Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A woman shows the telephone number of her pet dog Maro during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A woman who was evacuated from Fukushima spends the day with her pet dog Maro for the first time since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Families who were evacuated from Fukushima pose for a picture with their pet dogs, for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster, before the farewell at the end of the day during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

An abondoned dog from Fukushima rests during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Child who was evacuated from Fukushima spend the day with their pet dog for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A staff member cleans a dog which was abondoned in Fukushima during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Families who were evacuated from Fukushima spend the day with their pet dogs for the first time since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan.The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

A woman who was evacuated from Fukushima spends the day with her pet dogs Kokoa and Croske for the first time after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan. The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Families who were evacuated from Fukushima spend the day with their pet dogs for the first time since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster of March 2011 during the annual festival at Happy House on October 8, 2011 in Osaka, Japan The NPO Japan Animal Trust (JAT) are taking care about 200 of the cats and dogs for their owners who are unable to keep their pets due to their current housing conditions and the fact that they are living outside the no entry zone of the Fukushima Nuclear disaster area. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)