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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Schooolgirl tracks injured dog...[ 843 ]

Schoolgirl helps track down owner of injured dog destined to be put down

Yumi Tomita, second from left, and her friends hold flyers seeking the dog's owner in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Mainichi)

Yumi Tomita, second from left, and her friends hold flyers seeking the dog's owner in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Mainichi)

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- A high school girl has helped tracked down the owner of a dog destined to be put down at an animal shelter here after it was impounded when it was hit by a car and no one claimed it.

On the evening of Feb. 27, Yumi Tomita, 16, a first-year student at Hayatomo High School in the Yamaguchi Prefecture city of Shimonoseki, found an injured dog apparently struck by a car near an acquaintance's home in the city she was visiting.

Ai, the injured dog whose owner was found on the day it was scheduled to be put down. (Photo courtesy of the Shimonoseki Dobutsu Aigo Kanri Center)

Ai, the injured dog whose owner was found on the day it was scheduled to be put down. (Photo courtesy of the Shimonoseki Dobutsu Aigo Kanri Center)

The dog, with a collar, was suffering a broken right front leg. Although the dog was taken to the city's animal shelter, it was set to be put down in about two weeks unless its owner or a foster parent could be found.

"How can humans dare drive away after hitting animals? And how can humans dare kill dogs that have been struck by cars?" Tomita thought in shock. "I want to save the dog."

After feeling depressed for a few days, Tomita discussed with her classmates about the dog, raising the question: "If a human hit the dog, why can't humans save it?"

Tomita and her friends began searching for the dog's owner by distributing text messages that said, "Anyone who knows about this dog, please reply." The messages spread from friend to friend. They also distributed 100 flyers with photos of the dog, seeking donations for the treatment of its leg.

On March 13, a woman living in the city, appeared at the shelter after seeing the flyer, claiming the dog was hers -- a 3-year-old female dog, named "Ai." The day was the deadline for the dog's protection period.

"I couldn't sleep after Ai went missing. I'm truly thankful," the woman said.

(Mainichi Japan) April 5, 2010

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