Naoto Matsumura is Japan's hero: he stayed in Fukushima to save the animals (photo)

FUKUSHIMA ABANDONED ANIMALS

In Japan it is a real symbol, a contemporary hero. Former construction worker, Naoto Matsumura He is 56 years old and was born and raised in the heart of the radioactive area of ​​Fukushima, devastated by the rupture of a power plant in March 2011. One of the few who wanted to stay for to save The animals who lived in the area.  

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NAOTO MATSUMURA ​​FUKUSHIMA

Since then, Naoto, unlike his 17 fellow citizens, has never left the red zone. He remained at the epicenter of the disaster with one goal: to save thousands of people. abandoned animals from entire families fleeing danger. Dogs, cats, but also sheep, horses, and squirrels. Naoto cares for them, offers food and assistance, and looks after them in an area he has equipped as if it were a giant zoo. In Tomioka, one of the areas most affected by radiation.

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ANIMALS ABANDONED IN FUKUSHIMA

When a BBC journalist went to visit him to tell his story, Naoto was unperturbed and commented on such a radical life choice as follows: «I had no other option; I couldn't let thousands of abandoned animals die. My risks? I don't think, and I hope, I'm running any particular risks, especially because, for example, I only eat food that comes from very far away. And then they told me that radiation could hit me in 30-40 years, but by then I'd still be dead..." Wishing you a long life, dear Naoto, in the company of your loved ones. animals whom you saved from a horrible death.

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