“When Jerry Baba had to vacate his San Francisco, Nihon-machi (Japantown) home, he recalls the pain of having to watch their family dog, Fussy, being loaded into a locker on a dog-catcher truck and driven off. ‘I was crying. It was very traumatic for me as a kid.’ Imagine the emotions of abandonment, confusion and fear that must have raced through Fussy’s mind. As for Jerry’s family, their feelings of helplessness and loss over being evacuated must have been extra stressful with the pangs of guilt and worry for what Fussy was going through.” (Gary T. Ono, “Camp Pets: Doggone It! – Part 1,” Discover Nikkei, 21 Aug. 2012)

“Norman Y. Mineta, former cabinet member of two U.S. Presidents: Secretary of Commerce under Democratic President, Bill Clinton and Secretary of Transportation under Republican President, George W. Bush, told me how painfully sad it was to leave his dog when he was an 11-year-old boy.” (Gary T. Ono, “Camp Pets: Doggone It! – Part 1,” Discover Nikkei, 21 Aug. 2012)