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“Then police recite a familiar script: “Without a pass you cannot go into the exclusion zone. You can get a permit at City Hall.” But trips to innumerable city halls lead to the same place — there is no such permit issued to animal NGOs.”

There have been many rescue groups that have made statements about the ” permits” to enter the exclusion zone.  This imaginary permit has been written about in many Japanese blogs.  The ” Cat Lady” spoke about how she was made to go from one office to another to another and at the end of the numerous trips, there was no permit that she could obtain.  BUT, that didn’t stop the Government officials from having some fun at the expense of this elderly lady.  How they must have laughed when she left that particular office to go to the next office that they told her to go to.  The joke was on her, and they must have enjoyed the knowledge that she would be walking for most of the day and all for nothing.

The cruelty of this “made-up” permit can be credited to the Ministry of Environment’s Minister, Goshi ” I like to pull the wings of off flies when I am bored” Hosono.  He is the Minister that is in control of the Fukushima exclusion zone.  His ministry is the office that makes the decision about how to run the area.  And, he is the Minister that should have made it clear to the public, that there was never any permit that they could obtain.  Instead, he let the myth continue at the expense of all the decent people who were trying to enter the exclusion zone JUST TO TRY AND FEED THE ANIMALS.

This is very revealing about the character of the man who has been given the jobs of Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Nuclear Crisis Management.  Not only does the suffering of the animals not bother him, but the “teasing” of the individuals that would help the animals does not affect him.  Here is a man who is deeply committed to his work, the work of killing the animals and polluting the environment.  

Ministry of Environment and Nuclear Crisis Management : Goshi ” Dead is Better than Alive” Hosono

5/18/11: REALITY? ANIMALS TRAPPED IN RADIATION EXCLUSION ZONE
Companion and farmed animals are stranded within a 20km radius around Fukushima’s damaged nuclear plant. Animals are bewildered, starving. Please send letters to Japanese officials and embassies pleading for their rescue. Reality on the ground is this: Kinship Circle IC Cheri Deatsch tries to enter the 20km zone at Naraha.  A man wants his shiba mix, 14, picked up in Naraha. It is unclear how long his dog has been alone. Knowledge of back roads only takes you so far, as the area is heavily policed. Eventually the team is detained at a blockade. Volunteer Selena Hoy is phoned to answer questions in Japanese. Then police recite a familiar script: “Without a pass you cannot go into the exclusion zone. You can get a permit at City Hall.” But trips to innumerable city halls lead to the same place — there is no such permit issued to animal NGOs.

PHOTO: Kinship Circle, Japan 2011 / Lexie Boezeman Cataldo

This article shows the lies behind the Government rescue stories.  The Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergencies all defer to the Ministry of Environment.  Minister of the Environment is Goshi Hosono.  The Government claims of not being able to help the farm animals are lost when you see that they managed to transfer some pigs that they wanted to use for radiation testing.  They found the ability to move these animals, but only because it served their purpose.  The nightmare that the owners of these animals have endured could have been resolved long ago, but since the Ministry of Environment, and Minister of Environment, Goshi ” like to watch the animals die” Hosono, did not want to invest the resources to manage the animal situation, many of the animals suffered and died.

This is clearly an example of the lies that have been told about how they care about the people who have been displaced by TEPCO.  There is nothing shown by the Government of Japan and the Minister of Environment, Goshi ” I like to eat mochi cakes while I watch the animals die” Hosono that would back that claim.  The action of taking the pigs shows a clear picture of hypocrisy.

Goshi Hosono, Minister of Environment and Nuclear Crisis Management

INTERNET CLAIMS OF RADIATION ZONE RESCUE. NONE WHOLLY VERIFIED:
▶ Four government-sponsored groups under the banner Headquarters for the Relief
    of Animals in Emergencies — Japan Animal Welfare Society, Japan Veterinary
Medical Association, Japan Pet Care Association, Japan SPCA — are prepared
to “receive animals” and provide pet food, but not enter the zone itself or take in
strays. They defer rescue to Japan’s Ministry of Environment.

▶ However, a Fukushima emergency shelter for “owned” animals exists. When 
     leader Susan Roberts, (Japan Cat Network) met with Fukushima officials in
     early May, she viewed photos of 50 exclusion-zone animals in a well-equipped
warehouse shelter. Susan noted that many had been rescued BEFORE the 20km
     zone was sealed. An official told her they are now here to consolidate efforts. It was
     confirmed that no animal groups will gain permission to enter the sealed zone.

▶ We have no proof that significantly more animals are now at this shelter. This does
     not mean they are not there; we simply cannot verify their presence. Similarly,
     ground teams can’t authenticate if government workers are rescuing/feeding in the
     20km, though one unsubstantiated report says 27 animals were recently retrieved.

▶ 5/18/11: Japan Rep. Tamaki states that next home visit to Tamuramachi is 5/22/11,
     too long for animals to wait. With cooperation of JVMA, Tokyo and other prefectures,
     they plan to enter earlier. Rep. Tamaki also asks municipalities to feed and water
     animals. He says they are “moving forward to save lives.”

▶ 5/17/11: The Japanese Veterinary Medical Association announces sign-up for
veterinarians to enter the radiation zone, per request from Japan’s Ministry of
     Environment. A pet rescue plan for Tamura shi, with JVMA, Fukushima Veterinary
     Veterinary Association and other voluntary vets, is discussed.

▶ 5/10/11: Fuji TV News Network reports that evacuees can retrieve cats, dogs and
     other companions when they temporarily return to homes in 9 cities, including
     Tamura and Minami Soma, vacated after the “Fukushima No. 1 Reactor Accident.” 
     Ministry of Environment and Fukushima Prefecture are to coordinate rescue of pets
     ”tied to ropes.” Minami Soma pigs are to be transferred to a Tokyo University farm
     in Ibaraki Prefecture [presumably for animal experiments on radiation exposure.]

▶ 5/5/11: Photos are released of animals evacuated from the radiation zone and
     moved into the Fukushima government-sponsored warehouse shelter. 

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