Second temp shelter opens for Fukushima Pets. But with all the donations, why are they saying they have budgetary shortages?

October 27, 2011

Indeed, it seems that the PR wheels are spinning for the Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency created by the Government of Japan consists of JSPCA, Japan Pet Corporation, Japan Veterinary Medical Association, and Japan Animal Welfare Society. AKA : doubutsukyuen.org.  The organization created to help the disaster animal, the animals that are in the Fukushima Prefecture.  The Animals that survived the earthquake, tsunami, Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the forced abandonment of them when everyone was evacuated.

The article below is about a second temporary shelter that was opened for the Fukushima pets.  It  goes on to discuss the number of animals that have been rescued and also the money used to help the animals.  To date: it says that the task force has spent 28 million of the 37 million yen that it has received.

Curious thing about those numbers that have been spent is :  If the Doubutsukyuen aka Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency  had 535,433,839 yen at the end of August.  By the end of September they spent 297,508,506 yen.

Let’s say that the task force was given 37 million yen out of the remaining balance, that would still leave a balance of 216,671,294 yen.

So, the question would be, how is it that they are claiming that they don’t have enough money for the animals?  The 37 million yen that was given to this ” task force” is nothing compared to the bulk balance.

Rather than use public funds, the task force is relying on donations as well as a fund established by the Japan Veterinary Medical Association to help pets during emergencies and disasters.

The task force has spent about 28 million yen ($365,000) from the 37 million yen or so it has received.

With the number of pets collected expected to increase and due to the need to care for the animals for a long period, the task force faces manpower and budgetary shortages.

 

My source tells me a different story.  I am going to believe my source on this.

 

via Anonymous: 

He said there used to be a sheter with 100 pets in Fukushima. Then there was a shelter to have 30 pets in Miharu and another one with 100 pets in Miharu. Rescue main office sent the shelter at Fukushima health center 2,500,000 yen. The other two shelters in Miharu were built by a dirty plan of a pet shop chain Kojima and the chair of Kanagaway veterinary association, Dr Baba. The first shelter can have only 30 pets and they brought tons of donation money to the shelter. The second shelter does not accept any rescued pets. They pretend they have by accepting animals from near by vet clinic. They used a huge amount of donation money there for their pokect. A new shelter was open in Hino city Tokyo on Oct 11th. It was used correctly for this shelter. Kojima and Baba veterinarian have very much controlled how donation money went/goes.

via Anonymous :

This shelter was supposed to be built by Fukushima and local rescue center. However, it used to be a local Fukushima health center. The prefecture did not pay 1 yen and animal rescue main office says the prefecture did not pay anything. So even though they have 500 million yens donation, they did not build shelters. So at the end local workers at a health center got all work. Even though they said they would build shelters no shelter was built, the government did not pay any support, the prefecture ignores, they are eliminating all animal rescue groups and ignore the animal life in the zone. Behind of this news there are private shelters who worked 4 times more than they did. They take care of more animals and they are helping more animals.
At the same time the government and the prefecture claimed the health centers are rescuing animals but only local workers are doing it. It is completely over-work. Tajima reps said they rescued 600 animals. Where are they now? The private rescue groups rescued 4 times more animals even though they were called as thief by the government, prefecture, off site and emergency animal rescue main office.


Second temp shelter opens for pets of Fukushima evacuees

October 20, 2011

By AKIKO TADA / Staff Writer

Close to 400 pet dogs and cats have been forced into temporary makeshift shelters in Fukushima Prefecture because their owners live in temporary housing or other arrangements that do not allow animals.

The animals were found in the no-entry zone established in a 20-kilometer radius from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

A prefectural task force made up of Fukushima prefectural government officials as well as members of the prefectural veterinarians association opened the second temporary shelter in Miharu on Oct. 1.

Renovations were done on a vacant pet shop to create 78 private rooms for dogs and 40 spaces for cats. What used to be the pet shop parking lot is now used to allow the dogs to run around.

Each dog room has dimensions of about 1.7 meters in depth, about 1.2 meters in width and about 2 meters in height. A folding bed is installed by the far wall.

The rooms for cats are somewhat smaller, but there is still enough space for the animals to jump around.

Soon after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, the task force opened the first temporary shelter in Fukushima city. The pets were placed in cages and the stress felt by the animals led to diarrhea. The animals also became more aggressive, biting staff members.

For those reasons, plans for a new facility called for measures that would relieve the stress felt by the pets.

Many of the pets left behind in the no-entry zone were collected by prefectural government and Environment Ministry officials after requests to do so were obtained from their owners. There have also been cases of pets being picked up during patrols of the zone by officials.

The number of pets collected increased from about June when more residents began returning to their homes for short periods of a few hours. On some days as many as a dozen pets were found.

Until now 489 dogs and 282 cats have been rounded up.

While many of the 771 animals have been returned to their owners, a total of 367 are still in temporary shelters. That includes 273 dogs and 94 cats.

In addition to the two temporary shelters, veterinary hospitals in Fukushima Prefecture and elsewhere have taken in the animals.

The owners of those pets now live in housing that does not allow animals. In some cases, the identity of the owner is unknown.

The task force faces a constant shortage of staff workers and funds.

Rather than use public funds, the task force is relying on donations as well as a fund established by the Japan Veterinary Medical Association to help pets during emergencies and disasters.

The task force has spent about 28 million yen ($365,000) from the 37 million yen or so it has received.

With the number of pets collected expected to increase and due to the need to care for the animals for a long period, the task force faces manpower and budgetary shortages.

Balance activity (31 August 2011)

Everyone we receive your donation is being used as follows.

Grants to animal rescue organizations around the  113,565,500 yen  1,478,463.32 USD

Consumables in a shelter 14,979,788 yen194,997.93 USD

Aid office expenses 1,895,451 yen 24,667.11USD

Transport cost relief 5,888,461 yen 76,652.47 USD

Overhead storage facilities aid 5,642,573 yen 73,443.42 USD

Transportation relief efforts 2,520,565 yen 32,793.16 USD

Expenditure 144,492,338 yen   1,879,880.47 USD

Grants to animal rescue organizations around: Grants to each animal rescue organizations
Transport cost relief: Aid transportation costs
Consumables in a shelter: Launcher for capture net, cage, and air conditioning
Overhead storage facilities aid: Rent facilities, security costs, labor costs
Office expenses relief: Office expenses, fees for trademark registration and website building costs
Transportation relief efforts: Transportation costs, travel expenses, Fukushima, animal rescue, such as bus fare
Luggage donation amount 535,433,839 yen
Number of deposit donations Of 23,509
Expenditure 144,492,338 yen
Outstanding deposits donations 390,941,501 yen

5,085,168.48 USD

( for your convenience  I have converted the yen to dollars using rates for Oct. 13, 2011 )

■ Activities budget (as at 30 September 2011)

Everyone we receive your donation is being used as follows.

Grants to animal rescue organizations around the 247,225,500 yen Transport cost relief 5,888,461 yen
Shelter expenses relay point 20,944,330 yen Overhead storage facilities aid 6,697,022 yen
Aid office expenses 12,192,151 yen Transportation relief efforts 42,52,679 yen

Expenditure 297,508,506 yen
Grants to animal rescue organizations around: Grants to each animal rescue organizations
Transport cost relief: Aid transportation costs
Consumables in a shelter: Rent facility operating costs, vehicle expenses, cages, and protective clothing
Overhead storage facilities aid: Rent facilities, security costs, labor costs
Office expenses relief: Office expenses, fees for trademark registration, production costs HP (~ July 2011)
Transportation relief efforts: Transportation, including travel expenses, Fukushima
Luggage donation amount 551,179,800 yen
Number of deposit donations Of 24,080
Expenditure 297,508,506 yen
Outstanding deposits donations 253,671,294 yen

A nameless Calico cat : Does anyone care that she died? The Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency DOES NOT.

October 17, 2011

The Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency created by the Government of Japan consists of JSPCA, Japan Pet Corporation, Japan Veterinary Medical Association, and Japan Animal Welfare Society. AKA : doubutsukyuen.org .  This organization has the money but would rather not use it on the animals.  They would rather hoard it and wait.  The slower they are to do anything, the more animals die, and the more they are able to keep the money for themselves and for their “pet” projects.

The saying ” slower than molasses” is  actually describing something that is faster than the Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency organization. I am not sure if they attended the same ” managerial ” school that Goshi Hosono attended, but it is very clear that none of the individuals that were placed in positions of great responsibility for the lives of the Fukushima Disaster animals are capable of managing the project given to them.  Since March this cluster of individuals has had time to put the money given to them to use.  They have had time to get their teams in order and actually do something for the animals that were in need of aid.  And, yet , the best they can do is a crappy shelter that had to be investigated by a newspaper to have them fix it and the rescue of a handful of animals.  (No the animals that were rescued by other organizations do not count.)

What do you want to guess is the number of individuals that are not volunteers but in higher positions that love to tell their friends that they are doing so much good ( the unspoken part would be : for themselves and their egos)?  Do you think that any of them have actually gone out and helped?  My guess is no.   I keep seeing that woman all dressed up and attending a convention.  I bet she told everyone that she was so important and honored to be able to help the disaster animals. In the meantime, how many animal deaths can be attributed to their inability to do anything?  And, they would have you believe that they represent animal in need.

Do you think that the Japan SPCA actually knows what those letters stand for?  Do you think that the Japan Animal Welfare Society actually understands that they are supposed to be worried about the welfare of the animals and not the welfare of themselves?  And, how about the Japan Veterinary Medical Association?  Do you think that they are not to be found because they are too busy sneaking around killing the farmers livestock, after the government tricks the farmers into signing a consent form?

What I can guarantee you is that none of these people cared about a nameless Calico cat that had to be released when there was no more room for her.  They would not think twice about the starving animals in the disaster zone as they shovel food in their mouths and drink all the water that they want.  This Calico cat had nothing.

The rescuers went back looking for her, but she was not there.  They went back again and this time, by luck, they were told that there was a cat trapped in a house.  It was the Calico.  That would be about 2 weeks trapped in a house with no food or water.  She was rescued , taken to a vet because she had lost so much weight , and died the next day.

If I tell you how much it hurts to read about these stories of the animals that are found only to die would you believe me? Would you believe how long it takes to do a story like this because I can’t see the screen from the tears that I cry for this nameless cat?  She was just one cat.  She had no name.  I am grateful to the rescuers that found her, again.  For their determination to not forget her.  And, for not letting her die alone thinking that she mattered to no one.

She matters to me.  And, I have cried for her spirit, hoping that it is no longer confused and in pain.

 

 


The Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency created by the Government of Japan consists of JSPCA, Japan Pet Corporation, Japan Veterinary Medical Association, and Japan Animal Welfare Society. AKA : doubutsukyuen.org

October 13, 2011

The Headquarters for the Relief of Animals in Emergency created by the Government of Japan consists of JSPCA, Japan Pet Corporation, Japan Veterinary Medical Association, and Japan Animal Welfare Society. AKA : doubutsukyuen.org

This “esteemed” collection of organizations was selected by the Government of Japan to manage the Relief of Animals in Emergency : doubutsukyuen organization.   And, as with groups that are created to assist animals and then do nothing but line their own pockets, this is what seems to be the primary purpose of this organization.   And, I have no hesitation saying this.

When all the KILLING began by the Government of Japan, where was the Doubutsukyuen?  Where was their voice?  Maybe they had no idea what was happening since they were nowhere to be found aside from collecting a token few animals that they placed in a donated building.  And, then they proceeded to treat the dogs like ” rubbish”.  The shelter conditions were terrible.  It was only after PepiSmartDog along with some other animal rescue groups made NOISE that it was followed up by a television crew and verified.  Embarrassed, they fixed the place up.

Someone from this group said this after an article that I wrote asking where did the money go :

If you are interested in how the money was spent, you can read the following site. http://doubutsukyuen.org/main/index.php/use

There are already shelters in each prefectures and I think it is reasonable to utilise them as far as possible. If the shelters are full then they’d have to set up new ones, and this is what the government appears to be working on. At least one is being set up in Tokyo, also Fukushima is working on new shelters.

http://www.47news.jp/CN/201110/CN2011100801000130.html

I am an animal lover, and sincerely hope all the animals in Fukushima evacuation zone be rescued. I donated a certain amount from my salary already. But when everyone including officials and volunteers are working to save them, such name calling not necessary.

So, I went to the link : ( for your convenience  I have converted the yen to dollars using rates for Oct. 13, 2011 )

■ Balance activity (31 August 2011)

Everyone we receive your donation is being used as follows.

Grants to animal rescue organizations around the  113,565,500 yen  1,478,463.32 USD

Consumables in a shelter 14,979,788 yen194,997.93 USD

Aid office expenses 1,895,451 yen 24,667.11USD

Transport cost relief 5,888,461 yen 76,652.47 USD

Overhead storage facilities aid 5,642,573 yen 73,443.42 USD

Transportation relief efforts 2,520,565 yen 32,793.16 USD



Expenditure 144,492,338 yen   1,879,880.47 USD

Grants to animal rescue organizations around: Grants to each animal rescue organizations
Transport cost relief: Aid transportation costs
Consumables in a shelter: Launcher for capture net, cage, and air conditioning
Overhead storage facilities aid: Rent facilities, security costs, labor costs
Office expenses relief: Office expenses, fees for trademark registration and website building costs
Transportation relief efforts: Transportation costs, travel expenses, Fukushima, animal rescue, such as bus fare
Luggage donation amount 535,433,839 yen
Number of deposit donations Of 23,509
Expenditure 144,492,338 yen
Outstanding deposits donations 390,941,501 yen

5,085,168.48 USD

The Animal Rescue ※, ​​protection, foster parents are looking for long-term activities such as will continue to do. The minutes of the second phase of review granted to each organization doing animal rescue ※. Delivery is scheduled in the near future.

The only thing that I would like to see is all the receipts.  Anyone can post a chart on a wall, but the reality is since they have no breakdown of the numbers, I remain skeptical.  I have seen the before and after of the shelter where the animals were treated terribly.

As for the reputation of this ” esteemed” organization, I can’t give it much respect since I know that they are on record for trying to take credit for animals that were rescued by other organizations.

The Japanese Veterinary Medical Society as well as the other organizations are nothing about animals.  What those names are is a FRONT.  I say that comfortably since when the Government of Japan began it’s campaign of killing, none of these organizations had enough integrity to speak out.

When the IFAW presented them with guidelines to assist the animals after the disaster, they threw that into a file and then filed it under ” this means we have to do something”.

When people were trying to take their animals with them onto the bus, and when they were caught trying to sneak their pet with them and had to leave their pets on the side of the road, where was this organization?

When people wanted to take their pets and were told that they had to leave them tied up or in a case so that they could be picked up by the government, where were these people?  When they found out that there was on average 6 people working to do this, where was this organization.  When the workers quit because it was too hot for them, where were these people?

When the government of Japan denied the animals food and water, where were these people?  I do remember seeing someone attending a conference, she looked very comfortable.

When the livestock were dying from being denied food and water, where were these people?

It doesn’t matter to me what STORY they would like to tell, because ACTIONS speak louder than words or budget charts that can be fabricated.  There is no proof to back up what the doubutsukyuen has done.

There has been nothing done by this group that would make me think of them as nothing but a JOKE.

This is what someone who has been involved in rescuing the Fukushima animals has to say :

He said there used to be a shelter with 100 pets in Fukushima. Then there was a shelter to have 30 pets in Miharu and another one with 100 pets in Miharu. Rescue main office sent the shelter at Fukushima health center 2,500,000 yen. The other two shelters in Miharu were built by a dirty plan of a pet shop chain Kojima and the chair of Kanagaway veterinary association, Dr Baba. The first shelter can have only 30 pets and they brought tons of donation money to the shelter. The second shelter does not accept any rescued pets. They pretend they have by accepting animals from nearby vet clinic. They used a huge amount of donation money there for their pocket. A new shelter was open in Hino city Tokyo on Oct 11th. It was used correctly for this shelter. Kojima and Baba veterinarian have very much controlled how donation money went/goes.

Since I know that this person knows what he is talking about and has been actively rescuing animals, I will go with his version of what goes on with the doubutsukyuen.