Animal disaster response team heads to Samoa (AFP)

Rescuers are seen wading through water looking for bodies after a devastating tsunami hit the south coast of Samoa. The massive tsunami sparked by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake in the Samoan islands, has killed scores of people across the region and left many others missing.(AFP/File/Paul Anderson)AFP - A disaster response team specialising in the welfare of animals was heading to Samoa in the wake of the devastating tsunami, the World Society for the Protection of Animals said.