Miniature Horse Found on Roof After Japan Floods

Nine-year-old miniature horse Leaf was found stranded on a roof by not-for-profit disaster-relief organisation Peace Winds Japan on July 6. Photo Courtesy of Peace Winds Japan

A miniature horse was found standing on the roof of a house in Okayama Prefecture, three days after it was thought to have drowned in Japan’s floods.

The news brought relief to her carers and locals, amid otherwise devastating circumstances across western Japan.