NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 58-YEAR-OLD ANIMAL SANCTUARY OWNER, KEIGO SAKAMOTO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"After the disaster they hauled in huge concrete blocks to shut off this road."<br/> <br />"They could have stopped a tank."<br/> <br />"I couldn't get water or food for me and the animals."<br/> <br />"It felt like they were telling us to just go and die."<br/> <br />"Atom!"<br/> <br />"Snowy!"<br/> <br />"You're all wet. You must be hungry."<br/> <br />"It's cat food time."<br/> <br />"For months after the disaster they couldn't get anything to eat, so they'll eat anything these days."<br/> <br />"Even cat food."<br/> <br />On March 11, 2011 a tsunami wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. An exclusion zone was created nearby, and 150,000 people fled their homes.<br/> <br />But Keigo Sakamoto remained, continuing to run his animal sanctuary. For more than two years he and his 500 animals have relied on charity to survive.<br/> <br />Keigo Sakamoto and his 500 animals.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 58-YEAR-OLD ANIMAL SANCTU
