Naoto Matsumura, The Last Man In Fukushima�to Look After The Animals

Fenton shared this very touching story:�http://wamiz.co.uk/naoto-matsumura-macchan-fukushima-animals/

An excerpt:

Naoto Matsumura is the man who stayed behind.

Known as �the last man from Fukushima�, 55-year-old Matsumura is the only person still living in the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which suffered a meltdown after the major earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011.

Yet Matsumura, nicknamed Macchan, is not alone. He has remained in his home in the coastal town of Tomioka, around seven miles from Fukushima�s stricken nuclear reactors, in order to look after the area�s animals.

Macchan takes care of scores of pets and livestock left behind when their owners fled, including cats, dogs, ducks, pigs, cows, a pony and even ostriches.

So, while decontamination efforts continue with no end date in sight, Matsumura will remain the last man in Fukushima, surrounded by the animals who rely on him � and on whom he, too, has come to depend.

�Animals have comforted me and allowed for my survival,� he says.

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2015/03/17/naoto-matsumura-the-last-..

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