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Japanese Dog Adrift For 3 Weeks Reunited with Owner

   VOA News  April 04, 2011
   Photographers aim at a rescued dog, 'Ban' - found Friday drifting on
   the roof of a house floating 1.8 kilometers off Kesennuma - held by a
   Japan Coast Guard member, Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern
   Japan, April 2, 2011

Photo: AP

   Photographers aim at a rescued dog, 'Ban' - found Friday drifting on
   the roof of a house floating 1.8 kilometers off Kesennuma - held by a
   Japan Coast Guard member after it was transported from earthquake and
   tsunami devastated city of Kesennuma to Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture,
   northeastern Japan, April 2, 2011

   A dog rescued from the sea atop the floating debris of a house has been
   re-united with her owner, three weeks after the March 11 earthquake and
   tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.
   Images on Japan's NHK TV showed the medium-sized brown dog, named
   "Ban," wagging her tail in the arms of her owner Monday at an animal
   shelter in the quake-battered region of Miyagi.
   Ban was plucked off the wreckage of a house drifting almost two
   kilometers off the shore last week by a Japanese helicopter rescue
   crew.
   The dog's owner, whose name was not made public, saw the rescue on
   television and rushed to claim her pet.
   Thousands of people are still missing three weeks after the disaster,
   which left more than 12,000 dead and orphaned dozens of pets.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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