Dog Found Alive Floating On Debris 3 Weeks After Japan’s Earthquake/Tsunami

There is no silver lining, no “good side,” nothing remotely redeeming about the atrocious devastation the earthquake earlier this month and subsequent tsunami in Japan submitted that nation’s people to, but even in the darkest of news stories there sometimes arises a story that inspires some good feelings. Rescue workers saved a dog today that had been floating out at sea for the three weeks since the tsunami, alive and as well as can be expected.

Officials don’t yet know how the dog survived without food or fresh water, but, shockingly, they found the dog in relatively good health with high prospects of surviving and living a full life. As with all the Japan tsunami news, that’s where the good part ends– rescuers are searching for his owner or, perhaps, a new home for the pup, but the odds are as slim that the dog’s life will return to normalcy as it is for the thousands of displaced humans caught up in this situation.

The report on the dog’s miraculous recovery via Fox News below:

Update: Additional video from after the rescue via Japan’s NHK/World:

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