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April 14th, 2011
12:42 AM ET

Video: Woman works to rescue animals in Japan

Editor's note: Anderson Cooper speaks with Isabella Gallaon-Aoki who is working with others to try to rescue animals in Japan. To learn more about Galloan-Aoki's organization, visit http://jears.org/
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  1. Cheri

    Hi,
    I have been so upset watching the stories of animals left behind in Japan. As you reported, there are organizations (like JEARS) trying to help, but others just film the desperate animals and leave them. If the reporters filming could at least provide the location to JEARS, that would help! Could you please follow-up on the beagle left tethered to a pole that you reported on this week. Could you please find his location and help rescue him. So many people on facebook are wanting to know his fate and also the two loyal dogs that were filmed soon after the tsunami. We can't understand why reporters would film them and not provide actual help to them. There are people that want to rescue them if they knew the location. Please follow-up. SO many people want to help and feel helpless to do anything Thank you!
    Cheri

    April 15, 2011 at 12:10 am |
  2. L. Ward

    Has CNN been able to confirm that the two loyal dogs from the heart-wrenching video filmed by FugiTV were indeed actually rescued? There seems to be conflicting accounts on the internet.
    Thank you.

    April 14, 2011 at 8:15 pm |
  3. Carol Felton

    If possible, provide follow-up coverage so we know what is happening. Your one spot has brought well-deserved attention to this group in Japan doing wonderful work. Thank you for taking the time to report on them.

    April 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm |
  4. Joyce Lanthier

    Mr. Cooper, I just wanted to thank you again for following up on this story. I applaud you for your concern for animals welfare in general. I followed you when you were covering the animals left behind during Katrina. You are the only journalist that I know that actually covers animal related stories. For that, I am a dedicated watcher of your program. Thank you so much for having a huge heart. I don't know how you keep it together on TV with some of these devastating stories that these animals endure. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you keep following up! God bless you! Joyce M Lanthier P.S. Thank you for putting JEARS website on your website.

    April 14, 2011 at 5:33 pm |
  5. Lina Kaspers-Takeuchi

    Thank you Anderson!
    You can see that Japanese government is very bad in crisis mangement and they are completely disoriented.
    Relief packages took week to arrive to the rescue center, so what more can you expect to animals?
    Japan is cruel to animals, as they still use gas chambers to kill unwanted pets.
    I'm really grateful to every animal rescue organizations, helping the real needed animals.

    April 14, 2011 at 4:37 pm |
  6. Debbie Williams

    I've been following this outreach to the animals since the day it began. I think everyone on my facebook page is getting tired of all my JEARS posts and comments. Never the less.. all of them were hit with it again this morning. I'm trying to help the best I can without being there beside you. All of you are heroes!! And always in my thoughts.

    April 14, 2011 at 3:07 pm |
  7. Diana Saakian

    Thank you so much for airing this segment. People who help in animal rescue and welfare do not get enough credit for their hard work. My heart goes out for these poor dogs and cats who have no idea what is happening around them. God bless people like Isabella Gallaon-Aoki, we need more like her in this world.

    Diana
    Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

    April 14, 2011 at 2:38 pm |
  8. C Fisher

    Thanks Anderson!
    what a great story

    April 14, 2011 at 1:32 pm |
  9. Dawn Tamaribuchi

    Thank you so much for featuring this story on your show. JEARS is an amazing group of compassionate people who are doing work that very few are willing to do. For many of us, all we can do is send money to support their efforts so I'm so glad you gave them the airtime to let people know where they can donate to help this cause!

    April 14, 2011 at 12:26 pm |
  10. Jennifer

    What happened to the tethered beagle that the two journalists fed but left behind? That poor starving dog...tied to a pole..no chance. PLEASE tell me that it will be rescued?

    April 14, 2011 at 11:47 am |
  11. terri

    Thanks so much for your coverage of the animals in Japan. I'm guilty of the shoulda, coulda, woulda thinking, after crying for an hour after seeing your coverage, I donated money to help. Thanks for getting my priorities straight!!
    You make the world a better place.

    April 14, 2011 at 11:32 am |
  12. Joyce Lanthier

    Thank you SO much for doing another segment on the stranded animals in Japan. I hope that you can continue to follow up to let us know the status of these animals. Devastating to see that one dead. I can not believe that people are commenting more on the Snookie segment than these poor dying suffering animals. Maybe Snooki can do something uselful with her money and donate to this charity instead of drinking her money! In fact, it may be good for the whole cast to go and visit this devastation and start thinking about other things other than themselves!! Thank you again, Anderson Cooper. Joyce M. Lanthier

    April 14, 2011 at 10:15 am |
  13. Catherine

    THANK YOU so much for your help and action of the pets in the "nuclear exclusion zone"...Finally, everybody in America will know that the only thing they need to be saved is good people down to earth to give them food and a good bath!!!...So much for the stupid coverage of the nuclear event and the IRRESPONSIBLE call from the NRC for a 50 miles exclusion zone. Anderson and Isabella, thanks from the bottom of my heart. All our thoughts are with the people and animals of Japan

    April 14, 2011 at 10:13 am |
  14. Susan

    Does anyone know what happened to the Beagle that was tied up during the video that was aired? Has someone been able to untie this dog?

    April 14, 2011 at 8:37 am |
  15. Kimberley Maunder

    Can anyone tell us whether some organization has gone in to rescue that Beagle and surely there must be a way to save it????? I know there are many organizations working to help the poor abandoned pets and livestock in the danger zones so it would just be very good news to hear that that particular dog was rescues too. JEARS have totally ignored everyone's question about that poor starving dog for some reason. Check their fb page and see how many people are asking about that dog and what is being done for it. The other query I have about JEARS is that they post videos that most of the world can't watch because of copyright laws so we cannot even see what is really happening on the ground.......

    April 14, 2011 at 6:33 am |
  16. Debra Moore

    I am shattered by the pics of the animals left behind, some tethered and helpless, in the villages that are now deserted due to radiation. PLEASE, Anderson, can you do a follow up and let us know how these animals are faring? I would give directly to this particular cause if it were possible. The thought of that little beagle starving and unable to even forage for food has made me ill since I saw the report.

    April 14, 2011 at 3:19 am |
  17. Vivienne

    Thank you, Anderson and everyone at AC360 for keeping this story alive.
    The Japanese government must let people go in to the evacuation zone to rescue their pets! Kyung Lah reported that the japanese goverment officials they spoke with had no plans to retrieve pets!!! They said "it is a human calamity and a nuclear disaster..." This is outrageous! Japan is excluding the toll this has taken on innocent animals. This nuclear disaster is MANmade and Japan must do all it can to save these innocent animals.
    Please question national and local officials of this incredibly callous and irresponsible ban. The Japanese government and TEPCO are responsible for this heartbreaking disaster. Please keep them honest! All these precious animals must be rescued.

    April 14, 2011 at 2:38 am |
  18. Payton

    AC360 – Thanks for covering the story of the efforts to rescue the animals in Japan. Thanks for posting the links so viewers can make donations. I am always impressed that you take time to include the stories of animals that are often forgotten in these devestating events like the one unfolding in Japan. Keep up the good work.

    April 14, 2011 at 2:16 am |
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