Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster.

Breeder held for allegedly starving 100 dogs to death

Breeder held for allegedly starving 100 dogs to death

URAWA, Japan - Kennels and cages lie scattered around where nearly 100 dogs were found starved to death at a farm in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Nobuyoshi Aota, a 52-year-old dog breeder, has been arrested for allegedly abandoning his farm sometime in February without providing food or water to his dogs, which were living in filthy conditions.

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Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster. (Kyodo)

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

ONAGAWA, Japan - A woman holds a fly swatter at an evacuation facility in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 2, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster. (Kyodo)

Breeder held for allegedly starving 100 dogs to death

Breeder held for allegedly starving 100 dogs to death

URAWA, Japan - Kennels and cages lie scattered around where nearly 100 dogs were found starved to death at a farm in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Nobuyoshi Aota, a 52-year-old dog breeder, has been arrested for allegedly abandoning his farm sometime in February without providing food or water to his dogs, which were living in filthy conditions.