B.C. woman adopts dog rescued from Japan quake zone

By Tracy Sherlock, Postmedia News:   A B.C. couple is adopting Belle, a red-haired dachshund that was abandoned after the massive earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan last month.

The dog — who is believed to be four or five years old and in good health — was left with an animal shelter in Niigata, when her guardian fled the country because of radiation concerns.

PETA animal rescuer Ashley Fruno, who worked with the shelter immediately after the earthquake, heard about the dog's plight and contacted her parents, Karin and Brian Fruno, in Surrey.

The couple were eager to adopt the dog, and Ashley Fruno set off on a 23-hour journey...read more

A man walks with his dog at a destroyed residential area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. A B.C. couple is adopting a dog rescued from the Japan quake zone.
Photograph by: Issei Kato, Reuters