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Dog Sticks By Injured Friend After Tsunami

Video illustrates challenges of animal victims, says blog

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2011 4:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – This one looks to be going viral on BuzzFeed: A video from Japan shows one dog sticking by the side of another dog who's apparently been injured in the tsunami. It's not just for an aw-shucks moment, adds the LifeWithDogs blog, which has the video... More »

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