“Tokuda Ryūnosuke, operator of an animal hospital in the city of Kumamoto, opened an evacuation shelter for pets and their owners when the Kumamoto Earthquakes struck in April 2016. Convinced that helping pets helps their owners too, he took to social media immediately after the quakes to inform the public about his shelter and eventually provided care for a total of 1,500 people and 1,000 pets.”
Dr. Tokuda’s work extends beyond Japan’s borders: He “has promoted TNR (trap, neuter, return) to reduce culling of stray cats in Japan and participated in a rabies eradication campaign in Bali, Indonesia.”
If you’d like to have Dr. Tokuda take care of your pet, you can find his clinic here:
http://ryunosuke.co.jp/information/access.html
– Kirk
