Japan: The Government IS FAILING TO ACT To Save Many Thousands of Animals In the Evacuation Zone – Animals Are Dying / Starving to Death – Act Now and Ask the Government to Wake Up, Get Moving and Help Save the Surviving But Desperate Animals !

Dear all,

Please, Please spare a minute and post – polite – comments and requests for assistance to these:

If you want to post something about the situation around Fukushima then please use the following links:

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

https://www.contact.maff.go.jp/maff/form/114e.html

Ministry of the environment

MOE are apparently in discussion as to how to act regarding the animals still within the zone (now illegal to enter).

Your message can help persuade them to act.

https://www.env.go.jp/en/moemail/

The Japanese Government’s office direct

http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html

It only takes a minute – please ask for the animals in the evacuation zone to be rescued.

It need not be much, but maybe they will listen.

Thanks – Diana – SAV.

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Many cattle are dying …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNVWIdWpG0&feature=related

Inside the evacuation zone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWvbisFg0I

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kinship-circle/urgent-letter-from-japan-to-our-friends-of-the-world-%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9Efor-english-speakers-201/10150237167846111

URGENT LETTER (FROM JAPAN) TO OUR FRIENDS OF THE WORLD – For English Speakers 2011-04-20

As you know, my home country Japan is in a terrible situation with earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plant accident that occurred on 3/11.

With the level of help needed, the Japanese government has been blame that they are too slow to react and provide help in an efficient manner to those that are needed. Of course that delays the help to those that are most vulnerable – pets and other animals.

Originally a 20 kilometre radius around the nuclear plant was designated as an evacuation area. At first, the residents in this area were told to “Evacuate immediately, but you will be able to come back here within a day or two”, so they left everything including their pets (they were told pets were not allowed in the shelters). However, after a while they were told by their government that their “home town” has became officially off-limits and they have not been allowed to go back to their homes to get their belongings, pets or other animals.

A month later the earthquake/tsunami, inside of the nuclear evacuation area in Fukushima is in an extremely catastrophic situation for animals left behind including domestic animals (dogs, cats and other small animals) and farm animals (cows, pigs and birds). It has been reported that there are 14,000 cows, 44,000 pigs and 1,890,000 chickens left with no food or water within the 20 kilometer radius around the nuclear plant. (These numbers could be more.) Many of them are already starved to death because Japanese government refused to help even though many have been pleading.

Among the animals who were left in this area, who were able to escape their leash, roamed around the area looking for their owners and food/water. Some cannot even walk anymore so they just sit in front of their owners’ homes waiting for their return. Many cows and their calves in the barns are dead from starvation, cats who are stuck inside of the house are so starved they eat each other. These scenes are literally hell on earth.

Following is a video showing you the area. (I apologize in advance, some of the images are hard to watch.)

http://banbihouse.blog69.fc2.com/blog-entry-2053.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmc_l3Wa5o8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNVWIdWpG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWvbisFg0I

Many animal rescue groups were forced to decided themselves to go into the evacuated area and rescue some of the animals, but there are way too many. These organization need government help to rescue animals in the evacuation area including proper protection cloths, cars and equipment which currently they get none. They were forced act upon with their own risk and as a government, that is irresponsible, not to mention inhumane to animals and their people.

Those animal rescue volunteers are going out to rescue or feed the animals in the evacuation area with no radiation protection provided by government. Everyday, they go out to these dangerous zones and continue looking for animals they can help.

In Japan, animals are viewed as “one’s belongings” under the law and they are not viewed as “life”. This comes from an old Japanese custom. Hence, there is no modern widely accepted animal protection law like in Western culture, it is creating a struggle for animals and rescuers in Japan especially in a situation like this.

Because you are not allowed to remove animals from their property without their owner’s explicit permission, animal rescue groups leave food and water for these animals wherever they can, but it is clear that for both people and animals, it is clearly passed their physical and mental capability to continue like this.

I understand that human life comes first, but in the evacuation camp, many people have lost everything–family, friends and home. Their only hope is to find and reunite with their missing pets. Some cannot sleep or eat because they feel so guilty about leaving their pets behind.  Many people fell ill because of this stress.

There may be people who don’t care about pets or animals, but there are people that are healed by our animal friends.

From the sanitary stand point, it is also important to point out that it is unsanitary to keep all the dead animals left in that area. Currently within those 20 kilometers from the nuclear plant, reported 14,000 cows, 44,000 pigs and 1,890,000 chickens and many dogs & cats are left there to die from starvation, many of them already dead. With that large number of dead animal left in the area, we cannot eliminate the possibility of zoonotic diseases spreading and the longer they wait the more chance of that with higher need of man power and cost to clean up the affected area.

If the Japanese government decided to provide support in those areas, it would only take a couple of days. If only our government supported them, those animal organizations would not have to risk their lives to stay long periods of time in such a dangerous area to do what they are doing.

Saving animals, saves people’s lives.

Japanese people love their pets, but they really need their government NOW to help their much loved animals.

UPDATE: On 4/20, Asahi.com has reported that Japanese government designated this area as “Caution Zone” which has legal power to restrict people from entering the area. They are allowing residents to go back to their homes and gather their belongings before such “Caution Zone” start to take effects. We would like to make sure that the Animal Rescue Groups and volunteers will also be allow to enter the area with the aid from the government (including proper protection gears from radiation and equipment) and rescue as many animals before its official close up.

I beg you to please encourage Japanese government to do the right thing.

Thank you very much for reading this.

http://ameblo.jp/japandisasteranimals/

Animal Information Blog for Japanese Disaster

New Zealand: Easter Bunny Hunt Kills 23,000 Rabbits. In The Name of Jesus; The Ten Commandments etc ?? – And Youngsters Give It The ‘Thumbs Up’ – Dangerous !!

 

 

Easter Bunny Hunt 2011: 23,000 Rabbits Killed In New Zealand (POLL)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/easter-bunny-hunt-2011-nz_n_853443.html

Children giving the thumbs up to mass killing ?? – dangerous.

Children being allowed to think that carrying guns and blasting living beings to death is ok ? – dangerous.

If you can endure the ‘holy’ waffle as justification from the killer, then have a look at some of the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoXinb-iX-Q&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=theHvzHxyU4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-8rdUBpSzY&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue (Greek: δεκάλογος), according to the Hebrew Bible, is a list of religious and moral imperatives that were given by God to the people of Israel from the mountain referred to as Mount Sinai[2] or Horeb.[3] The Bible describes their form as being spoken by God and subsequently as an inscription God wrote with his finger on two stone tablets, which God gave to Moses. The Ten Commandments are recognized as a moral foundation in Judaism and Christianity.

The text of the Ten Commandments appears in the Bible as two similar passages of length 14-15 verses: in Exodus 20:2–17[4] and Deuteronomy 5:6–21.[5] These passages are referred to elsewhere in the Bible as the ten devarim (statements),[6] which is the basis for dividing them into ten parts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_shall_not_murder

You shall not murder or You shall not kill, KJV Thou shalt not kill (LXX οὐ φονεύσεις, translating Hebrew לֹא תִּרְצָח la ti-rəṣoḥ), is a moral imperative included as one of the Ten Commandments in the Torah,[1] specifically Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17.

The imperative is against unlawful killing resulting in bloodguilt. The Hebrew Bible contains numerous prohibitions against unlawful killing, but also allows for justified killing in the context of warfare, capital punishment and self-defence.

Maybe she should go there – and it is South Island, New Zealand; not North Korea or, um, South Korea; friend or foe, I am not sure which is which Palin !!!

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SAV Comment:

Would Jesus have supported this ? – maybe someone from the Christian church could enlighten us.

See our old post –

https://serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/before-god-all-creatures-are-equal-but-according-to-a-letter-from-the-vatican-there-is-no-place-for-them-in-the-catholic-church/

USA: ‘Mercy for Animals’ Expose Calves Being Killed With Pickaxe and Hammers at E6 Cattle Ranch in Hart, TX. At the Same Time, States Introduce Legislation To Imprison Those Who Obtain This Kind of Footage – The USA Has Got Things Wrong; Big Time !!!

Undercover footage from Mercy for Animals at E6 Cattle Ranch in Hart, TX.

*** WARNING – VERY GRAPHIC ANIMAL KILLING FOOTAGE ***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUakLh0MPJc

(VERY GRAPHIC – be warned)

 http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/E6.Cattle.Co.Hart.TX.806-647-3744  

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Whilst at the very same time states appear to be trying to stop this kind of footage being obtained; a kind of ‘go ahead and kill calves with a pick axe’ mentality:

Article below and picture copied directly from Health Freedom Alliance.

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/14/more-states-create-anti-whistleblower-bills/

Here we go again! If you thought the recent legislation to criminalize those who film or photograph farm activity in states like Florida and Iowa is coincidental, it’s not. Similar bills are in process in Idaho and Minnesota, and other states are considering legislative action as well. Giant corporations like Monsanto are throwing money behind the Iowa version and possibly more in order further secure their “crop operations.”

Minnesota is at least the fourth state to introduce anti-whistleblower legislation. They got it from Iowa who got it from Florida. In the Minnesota bill, even just possessing undercover documentation of farm operations would be illegal. How they can enforce a law like that without invading people’s privacy, I do not know. These bills threaten to punish anyone who dares to highlight questionable behavior towards animals, seed and produce, sanitation and employees.

“We think it would be an important deterrent tool in our toolbox against trespassers,” says Daryn McBeth, president of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council.

People, there are already strict trespassing and theft laws. Big Ag has all the legal recourse needed to sue or punish those who obtain footage of their operations, so why don’t they? Can you imagine dragging an activist into court and saying to the judge, “Look, he found out we were throwing live chickens into a grinder and put it on the internet. This violates my intellectual property rights!” No, their solution to the bad PR is slapping the whistleblowers with a major felony and throwing them in a cage with rapists, murders, and armed robbers. So they make the act of discovery into a crime to preclude such discoveries instead of accounting for their crimes, which, by the way, they believe to be perfectly acceptable industry standards.

Since when is crying foul on criminal behavior like animal abuse and breaking regulations considered a crime? Any law that imprisons you by superceding your constitutional rights is null and void. But that isn’t going to touch Mr. Policeman when you explain as he hauls you away. Laws are laws, intentions are irrelevant to a judge. That’s what makes them so dangerous to your rights. You may think it only applies to those overzealous “tree hugger” types, but no, it means you too!

Ironically, citizens are considered heroic when they turn in their neighbor or call in an anonymous tip to stop criminal behavior and abuse. Yes, even animal abuse! But boy, if you actually gather substantial evidence in a Big Ag operation and show the public when officials won’t listen – you go to prison for a long, long time.

These bills remove the pea from the whistle should you witness something vile, whereas before you at least had the recourse of sharing with others. This encourages more abominable behavior; with more cover up, such actions are sanctioned, and the perpetrators can rest easy knowing the whistleblowers are silenced in prison.

When USDA backed Big Ag operations are in violation of current standards, how do we know? Who cares – the USDA? Whistleblowers are often the only window for the public, and when embarrassing information is released, it often leads to raised standards. On a smaller scale, it works with the restaurant industry. Get an embarrassing (public) write up about cockroach infestations and suddenly the kitchen is overhauled, no expense is spared, and sanitation thrives in order to reassure those paying customers who like a fresh clean salad, hold the mouse poop.

When these bills first arrived on the scene there was a lot of backlash, but our concern is that with more and more cropping up and some scaling back punishment, they will be more readily accepted by the public. Some reporters called the scale backs, “more reasonable.” Why? First amendment rights are still going in the grinder, citizens will still go to prison.

The running theme here is force, force, force even if it’s currently undetectable. Forceful legislation from senators, funds from Big Ag and Monsanto to strengthen the force, the force of multiple states following suit, force from the ensuing law enforcement – force of slamming the door on the face of public scrutiny.

It’s going to be increasingly difficult to catch these viral bills, inform others, and take action when they keep rearing their ugly heads like a nationwide game of whack-a-mole. But with such replicated force, much like a virus, you can see it is more important than ever to do something.

States & Bill Numbers:

Florida, SB1246 (Health Freedoms petition coming soon)

Iowa HF431

Minnesota, S.F. No. 1118

Idaho HB166 *Part of their Right To Farm laws, this one would preclude “nuisance” suits from the public.

Update: If you have information of your state’s similar bill, please email tips@healthfreedoms.org and try to include bill number if possible, bill link, and/or source article.

~Health Freedoms

Related Articles:

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/04/11/monsanto-cash-helped-fund-bill-to-stifle-whistleblowers-in-iowa/

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/03/28/your-guide-to-the-illegal-farm-photos-bill/

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/03/24/big-ag-lobbies-to-make-it-illegal-to-secretly-film-animal-abuse-iowa/

http://healthfreedoms.org/2011/03/17/florida-lawmaker-wants-to-make-farm-photos-illegal-2/

Other Sources Cited:

http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/18230/

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/04/12/1602672/bill-would-ban-video-of-minn-farming.html

http://www.startribune.com/local/119690504.html

http://www.startribune.com/politics/119690504.html

Five Years In Jail For Exposing Animal Abuses In Minnesota

If a new Minnesota bill becomes law, anyone caught going undercover to film or record animal abuses at a factory farm could be sentenced to five years in jail.

Minnesota Joins Iowa And Florida In Criminalizing Animal Activists….this is wrong!

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/five-years-in-jail-for-exposing-animal-abuses-in-minnesota/

http://justonemorepet.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/undercover-humane-investigations-to-be-banned-in-minnesota/

http://blacktalkradionetwork.com/profiles/blogs/welfare-five-years-in-jail-for?xg_source=activity

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22815.cfm

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/51871185.aspx

http://www.planetoceanalliance.org/forum/showthread.php/13811-Undercover-Animal-Abuse-Video-Terrorism-Must-Stop

http://www.capwiz.com/aspca/issues/alert/?alertid=37364501&type=ST

Two Very Important Petitions To Be Signed Please – And A Turkish (Future EU Member State ?) Dog Beating Video You Will Want To See Only Once; Even If You Can Watch It Once !

Two Very Important petitions to be signed please

Both of these need to be signed INTERNATIONALLY as much as possible.

Please note – the video of the Turkish dog beating is disgusting

You will only want to see it once, but please watch it with our warning in mind.  Then sign the petition.  These people are trying to get into the EU as members; and knowing how pathetic the ‘Enlargement commission’ of the EU is, they will be allowed to join. 

Yet more animal abusers in the EU; so even more justification for the EU to get up off its butt and wake up to introducing Union wide legislation for all stray animals.

Will they ? – no; they have more ‘important’ things to do than saving animal lives – like a nations financial status and the rest.  Pathetic !!

Please crosspost; especially to MEPs – ask them to watch the dog beating video and then justify to you why Turkey will be such a great member state to welcome into the ‘club’.

And to think that here again, just like Serbia; the EU will be trying so hard to welcome the animal abusers into the EU ‘Club’.

Petition 1    Turkey – Dog Beating Video

Video Link

*** WARNING, THIS VIDEO SHOWS EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE – DOG BEATING OF THE EXTREME ***

http://video.haberturk.com/haber/video/hayvanseverler-arasinda-infiale-neden-olan-o-video/49697

The petition can be signed by visiting the following:

http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/tierquaelerinalan

The news from Turkey about this is:

I am so ashamed of our legal system. The guy that did this apparently did some other times as well. And our judicial system only gave him around 150$ of penalty.. and that is thanks to our Animal Right Federation Representative (HAYTAP) in the area.
The problem is that if you own an animal, you can kill or torture him and the law will not grant you any other penalties than this one, as the animal is considered your own property. So you get easily away with it.
We have been working so hard to change this…
Maybe some EU/US active help will make them change their mind?
 
 
Petition 2    Petition against ‘Harrods’ selling Puppies (UK)

Worldwide signatures needed please

Petition Link:   http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/harrods-stop-selling-puppies.html

Background (Preamble):

No responsible, caring, ethical breeder would sell their puppies to a pet shop therefore the vast majority of pet shop puppies come from puppy farms. These might well be licensed breeders but their dogs are often kept in very poor conditions with a very poor level of care.

The breeding stock does not normally have the relevant health checks for hereditary diseases that a responsible breeder would do to ensure that healthy puppies grow into healthy adult dogs.

There is also the stress involved and the risk of infection through transporting puppies from their place of birth to the place of sale and then keeping them in a very unnatural environment.

Petition: We the undersigned call on Harrods to set an example as they are such a high profile store and stop selling puppies.

Romania; ** LATEST – Home Now Found 08/04/11** URGENT APPEAL ! – Come On Folks; We Have Till End 09/04/11 To Confirm ‘Prince’ Can Be Moved Out of Romania Next Weekend – Can You Help Find Him a New Forever Home in Austria, Germany, Belgium or The Netherlands ?

 

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!  2200hrs GMT 08/04/11   BREAKING NEWS!!!!! 

We have just had this in from Chrissy at RAA in London:

A home has been found!! 

A lady in Denmark that’s linked to my RAA Facebook page crossposted Prince’s details and a good friend of her cousins would love to adopt him.  She has a female dog already, horses and works from home.  She’s happy to travel over 300 miles to collect him too! 

Just need to sort a home check and then all being well – he’ll be off next weekend to a new beginning.

I’ve been panicking all day getting nowhere and then this at the 11th hour! 

Chrissy – RAA Uk.

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‘Prince’ Video Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNLq8kpPqU&feature=youtu.be 

We are putting out a special urgent appeal to help our friends at Romania Animal Aid, who are based here in the Uk. 

URGENT – Please crosspost this appeal to all your animal buddies throughout Europe; Thank You – SAV.

Please e mail Chrissy at RAA directly if you can help – chrissy@romaniaanimalaid.co.uk  

We need to get ‘Prince’ on the transport consignment for his new home and out of Romania, which has been organised for next weekend – 16th / 17th April.  Time is short; there is just a week to do it, but hopefully a new forever home can be sorted for him well before then.

This transport run will be leaving Romania next weekend (16th or 17th), travelling through Austria and Germany towards the border of Belgium and Holland.  

This transport space can only be held until tomorrow, 9th;  so we are praying for a super-fast reaction. Maybe it will be love at first sight for someone – he is a very handsome chap after all!!

‘Prince’ is approx. 1 year old, he is neutered, chipped, vaccinated and already has a passport to travel!    He is ready and his bag is packed for that new home.

Prince has just 3 legs, as he lost his left rear leg in an accident; but otherwise he’s in really good health.

A video has been made especially of Prince, which you can see by clicking on the following link or that given above:

Video  Link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNLq8kpPqU&feature=youtu.be

Again, please e mail Chrissy at RAA directly if you can help – chrissy@romaniaanimalaid.co.uk  

RAA web site = www.romaniaanimalaid.co.uk

 

 

 

South Korea Live Pig Burials – CNN Take Up the Story Today (3/3/11). And Still After All the Video Footage the Dimwit Agriculture Minister Denies Problems !!

Dear all,

Lesley asked me to share this information with you.

Today CNN broadcasted this news item about the pigs buried alive in South Korea.

We are very pleased to see that CNN is willing to tell the world about tis cruelty taking place.

The minister of Agriculture denies it all again. Incredible!

Kind regards,

Margreet Steendijk.

Inspector Eyes on Animals.

CNN Video link:    http://vegan.com/blog/2011/03/01/cnn-on-south-korean-pigs-buried-alive/

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SAV comment:

Looks like the dimwit S. korean Ag minister should be buried in a deep pit; not the animals.

He obviously still lives on another planet to the rest of us.

The truth will continue to ‘out’ – we will ensure that.

Big Animal Abusers South Korea: Video Footage of Live Pig Burials Now Obtained. WARNING ** – Graphic Footage, but the Reality of South Korea – Major Animal Abusers.

WARNING – the following video shows EXTREME animal cruelty and suffering.

** Video link; **     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbOMH19LKgY

Here at SAV we have always had a simple policy of trying to tell the truth and showing the reality of animal cruelty issues.

We never show just one image followed by a ‘donate now’ link on every third line of our articles.

We do not ask visitors to the site to ‘join us’ as members; which would naturally mean you pay an annual membership fee; we simply attempt to provide information and pictures to you, the caring international animal advocates of this world, because money is not the most important thing when it comes to getting results.  It helps, but some people act because they are animal people rather than corporates who have to get a pile of bucks through the door every year.

If graphic images need to be shown and published on SAV to send out the message of what is going on, then they will be.  There are no apologies from this camp for showing the reality of animal abuse around the world.  We do not want to have to show it, but all the time it goes on, we will endevour to provide an insight into it – simple as that.

In addition, if we can show images of positive and good result success stories then we will; bad must be balanced with good when it can be.  There is a mass of bad out there, but there is a lot of good done by unsung heroes throughout the world.  We will share in this when chances arise.

The following video link above and below shows the live burial of pigs in South Korea due the the Foot and Mouth (F&M) disease which has raged the country for weeks now.

This is the reality of what is going on at this very moment; with Korean authorities giving two fingers to all international regulations which should protect animals at times such as this.

The video is bad  – distressing and upsetting for many. 

If you wish to contact your own national South Korean embassies (possibly) after watching the video, then please do so using the following links:

http://www.worldembassyinformation.com/south-korea-embassy/index.html

http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/South_Korea/South_Korea1.html

Below is the link to the video footage of pigs being prepared to be buried alive.

This is very graphic footage – but it the reality of what is going on in such places as South Korea at this very moment.  South korea; a nation which gives not a damn about the enforcement of animal welfare / protection regulations.

** Video link; **     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbOMH19LKgY

Please crosspost the video link as much as possible.

The South Koreans desrve to be deluged with mails, telephone calls and the rest regarding their animal abuse policies.  PLEASE DO IT !