This Man Returned to Radioactive Fukushima to Save Abandoned Animals

It’s been 3 years since the Fukushima nuclear power plant exploded in Japan, causing one of the worst radioactive disasters in history. Tomioka is a little town just 6 miles away from where the melt down took place, no one lives there except one man. (photos and video below)

Naoto Matsumura, a 53-year-old fifth-generation rice farmer, is the only known human in this area, but that doesn’t mean he is alone.

He is surrounded by some of his best friends, they just so happen to be animals. When the nuclear disaster first happened Matsumura fled south with his parents. Soon after, he returned home because he knew the animals on his farm needed to be taken care of. He ended up finding other animals in need, and cares for cattle, pigs, cats, dogs, and even ostriches that are now ownerless.