Believe In Heroes
Right now in Japan, there is a man named Kenn Sakurai who has been saving dogs from the wreckage of their family homes.
He had the idea to use small cages mounted on off-road bikes to transport found pets to shelter. His friends have been out there scouring the Miyagi countryside, looking for animals to bring back alive. It's miserable, dangerous work and they are breaking the law to do it. Yesterday one of the rescuers had a crash and broke a rib after a rescued dog toppled the vehicle.
Why are they doing this? Get ready to cry:
From Kenn Sakurai's Facebook:
"This is what it's like when we could find the dogs at the actual disaster area. The white has gotten weak but the brown one is not allowing to get closer. The TV crew shot this. We have already got these dog. But it too two hours to take them to the closest shelter. The guys who had done that had the bigger plastic cage on the back of the bike. Having such weight on the back is risky for going the way with no road."
"Those two dogs are rescued. The one which came close to the camera is in the better condition. The other White, Gray and Black was weak. So it is in the vet clinic in Ibaraki Prefectre. The other dog is in the shelter of the same area.
But please know that those two are just the tip of the iceberg. There are more and we need help."
"Status Report 03/15/11 Tuesday
Dogs rescued: 32
Cats and others: 20
Staff injured (broken rib) while the rescued dog on his back has suddenly
...struggled and the rider and bike with the dog fell off from the narrow mountain road.
Ordered total of 6 dozen of cages with various sizes by the Shelters. Those are made by the frame welders and carpenters at each site."
His company is taking donations via PayPal to cover the wages for the employees who are doing the rescues, and for the actual costs of their impromptu but amazing rescue operation. The donation page is here. Now is our chance to help a tiny and ambitious rescue operation directly.
Is it a vetted and approved charity? No. This situation is moving so fast that their operation is literally being thrown together as needed. The only guarantee we have that they are legit is the small amount of news that's being generated about them, and Kenn Sakurai's Facebook posts.
These guys are a little bit crazy and I love them so hard for it.
I just thought you should know.
He had the idea to use small cages mounted on off-road bikes to transport found pets to shelter. His friends have been out there scouring the Miyagi countryside, looking for animals to bring back alive. It's miserable, dangerous work and they are breaking the law to do it. Yesterday one of the rescuers had a crash and broke a rib after a rescued dog toppled the vehicle.
Why are they doing this? Get ready to cry:
Click to viewFrom Kenn Sakurai's Facebook:
"This is what it's like when we could find the dogs at the actual disaster area. The white has gotten weak but the brown one is not allowing to get closer. The TV crew shot this. We have already got these dog. But it too two hours to take them to the closest shelter. The guys who had done that had the bigger plastic cage on the back of the bike. Having such weight on the back is risky for going the way with no road."
"Those two dogs are rescued. The one which came close to the camera is in the better condition. The other White, Gray and Black was weak. So it is in the vet clinic in Ibaraki Prefectre. The other dog is in the shelter of the same area.
But please know that those two are just the tip of the iceberg. There are more and we need help."
"Status Report 03/15/11 Tuesday
Dogs rescued: 32
Cats and others: 20
Staff injured (broken rib) while the rescued dog on his back has suddenly
...struggled and the rider and bike with the dog fell off from the narrow mountain road.
Ordered total of 6 dozen of cages with various sizes by the Shelters. Those are made by the frame welders and carpenters at each site."
His company is taking donations via PayPal to cover the wages for the employees who are doing the rescues, and for the actual costs of their impromptu but amazing rescue operation. The donation page is here. Now is our chance to help a tiny and ambitious rescue operation directly.
Is it a vetted and approved charity? No. This situation is moving so fast that their operation is literally being thrown together as needed. The only guarantee we have that they are legit is the small amount of news that's being generated about them, and Kenn Sakurai's Facebook posts.
These guys are a little bit crazy and I love them so hard for it.
I just thought you should know.