KESENNUMA, Japan — A dog which spent three weeks drifting in the sea off disaster-hit Japan was reunited with its overjoyed owner Monday, local media reported.
After watching a TV news report about the rescue, the owner of the female dog, a two-year-old named Ban, went to an animal care center in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, to take her back, Kyodo News reported
“I recognized her immediately after seeing her face,” she said, hugging the animal.
“I am happy that she seems healthy. I want to cherish her when I take her back,” she added, as Ban licked her face and wagged its tail.
The dog was found Friday by Japan’s Coast Guard drifting more than a mile off the coast of Miyagi, one of the areas hit hardest by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.