Hypocrites, Liars, and “Emotional Blackmailers” : All part of the Government of Japan’s bag of tricks to justify the killing of livestock

November 26, 2011
Why would anyone believe anything the Government of Japan has to say?  They claim that they have been trying to rescue animals but in reality, is about 500 rescues with 5-7 devoted rescuers the best that they can do?  They have taken in millions of dollars for animal relief, and to date, no one really knows where all that money went.  There has even been a claim that someone embezzled about $600,000 dollars but no charges were issued.  The organization working to have the cattle saved, allowed to live to observe the effects of radiation on them and to test out methods of removing any radiation they may have been exposed to, were lied to about letting the cattle live if they were used as ” research” subjects.  The cattle are being killed.
The study below clearly shows that the scientists have been using the ” culling” of the livestock to gain subjects and material for radiation studies.  It would make you think that this was an excuse used by the Government of Japan to kill the animals so that they could at least produce studies to show that they are ” on top” of the radiation exposure issue.  All of this at the expense of the animals, left behind in the first place by the inability of the Government of Japan’s ability to address all the issues with TEPCO’s nuclear disaster.
The culling of the livestock was only gained after the Government of Japan left the livestock behind and then would not allow the farmers to care for the animals.  The farmers, like pet owners, were denied the ability to return and care for their animals.
Maybe this is what they had planned all along, using the animals for ” living monitors” as to how bad the release of radioactive materials was for those areas.  It would be the cheapest and most economical way of doing things, and that is something that the Government of Japan has clearly made the most  important aspect of this issue.  Cheaper to kill the animals or let them die, than to actually rescue them.
They would like to explain that ” human” life is more important than anything else, but if this were the case, why did they allow TEPCO to falsify their safety documents and those documents pass Government inspections?
Cesium accumulation in muscles of cattle examined tens of blood caution zone

The amount of radioactive cesium was accumulated in the muscles of the calf area of ​​the alert within 20 mile radius from TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the correlation can be seen that 20 to 30 times the amount of radioactive cesium in the blood, Tohoku Univ. and 大阪医科大, Yamagata, Niigata, such as found in the survey. Such as estimating the amount of radioactive material from the blood in the body, it may be applied to humans.

The professor of the study, Aging and Cancer Tohoku Institute Fukumoto (Pathology) from the group. Although culling is underway in the area of ​​feral cattle guard, of the cattle were slaughtered in late August to mid November, and dissected on the consent of the owner of 47 head, muscles and internal organs, examined the radioactive material contained in the blood.

Results, and is measured from the thigh of the ox 1800 Becquerel discovered 60 becquerels per kilogram from the blood, detected radioactive cesium in muscle of blood from 20 to 30 times.Organs such as liver, muscles in about 10 times lower than in the thyroid was seen to accumulate most of the cesium was measured.

Yes,that’s true. They once promised to save the animals, but in fact, they have started to kill the 30 or 60cattles in the fence as an experiment by Kitasato Univ.

The Government of Japan are trying to use as an excuse for not helping the livestock: the killing of farm animals, pigs and cows happens every single day. Kachiku-Otasuke-Tai.org are saying something different : This is not the same as what the Legislators would have you believe. The livestock are the same victimes of nuclear accident by TEPCO like us.

“I know the cows have lost their economic value since they’ve been exposed to radiation. But I think there must be a way to allow them to live. As a cattle breeder, I cannot leave them to die,” he said. “We have to catch them by winter.” And, so the farmers were tricked into capturing the cattle, only to watch them killed ( I will not use the word : euthanize.) or penned and left to starve, denied food and water. And, the ones sent to study? Yamane will kill them for his research.

KORIYAMA, Fukushima — Pursuing research on radiation’s effects on animals has been suggested as a way to keep livestock animals roaming the no-entry zone near the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant from being killed or starving in the harsh winter.

Nearly 2,000 cows and other livestock are estimated to still be in the 20-kilometer radius no-entry zone around the crippled power plant.

The plan is being pushed by members of the citizens’ group “Kibo-no-Bokujo — Fukushima Project” (ranch of hope — Fukushima project). On Oct. 21, around 30 people including local livestock farmers, government legislators and veterinarians met in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, to discuss the issue.

Masami Yoshizawa, 57, who has about 330 high-quality beef cow at his livestock farm situated in the no-entry zone, said he cannot bear to abandon the animals.

“I know the cows have lost their economic value since they’ve been exposed to radiation. But I think there must be a way to allow them to live. As a cattle breeder, I cannot leave them to die,” he said. “We have to catch them by winter.”

Meanwhile, a 54-year-old woman who had beef cattle in the no-entry zone said tearfully, “I freed 30 of mycows before evacuating. I believe they’re still alive.”

There have also, however, been reports of cows and pigs that are now living wild making their way into residents’ left-behind homes.

Earlier, in May of this year, university researchers asked the central government to let livestock exposed to radiation in Fukushima Prefecture live for use in research. Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nobutaka Tsutsui expressed support for the idea, but almost no concrete measures have been mapped out.

http://enformable.com/2011/10/radiation-research-suggested-as-way-to-keep-released-livestock-near-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-alive/

Yoshihisa Yamane, head of the vet association, said, “It is important to make effective use of the animals for research, also from the viewpoint of animal protection, rather than just destroying them.” And, of course, Dr. Yamane would say this. He is an active animal researcher. He is also the president of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association. Can you guess what was behind the denial of animal rescue and feeding? Yamane. He would like to do research on them, of course.

The group will focus on such areas as the distribution of contamination inside the cows, the degree of decline in internal exposure when they are fed with untainted items, and how radioactive materials transfer from soil to pasture and then to the meat of the animals, Ito said.

The key word in the second paragraph is MEAT. They will “sacrifice” or shall I say ” kill” these animals for this study. As soon as Yamane’s name was attached to this study, it meant death to all the animals.

Group to study cattle’s radiation exposure in Fukushima no-go zone

A cow is fed straw at a cattle farm on July 15 in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, which was found to have fed cows radioactive cesium-contaminated straw. (Mainichi)

A cow is fed straw at a cattle farm on July 15 in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, which was found to have fed cows radioactive cesium-contaminated straw. (Mainichi)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — A group of veterinarians and other researchers will soon begin studying cattle’s radiation exposure at farms in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture within a no-go zone near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, participants said Tuesday.

Many of the roughly 3,500 cattle at farms within the 20-kilometers radius of the plant are believed to be living in the wild after their owners evacuated in March in the wake of the country’s worst ever nuclear disaster. About 70 cows, however, have been recaptured and are now being raised on farms in parts of Minamisoma within the zone, according to the city office.

The group, including radiobiologist Nobuhiko Ito, a professor at Kitasato University, and members of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association will visit cooperating farms on a regular basis and study the extent of cattle’s contamination with radioactive materials, they said.

The study, which they plan to have subsidized by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, is expected to offer clues about the impact of internal radiation exposure on humans, as well as help livestock farmers take antiradiation measures in the future, they said.

The group will focus on such areas as the distribution of contamination inside the cows, the degree of decline in internal exposure when they are fed with untainted items, and how radioactive materials transfer from soil to pasture and then to the meat of the animals, Ito said.

The radiation-exposed cattle in Minamisoma have been recaptured since summer as farmers sought to raise them for research purposes despite a government instruction in May to slaughter them, under which about 250 have been culled with the consent of their owners.

Apart from the group’s study, a team of Tohoku University and other researchers is poised to begin a study on decontaminating cattle by the end of this year, they said.

Yoshihisa Yamane, head of the vet association, said, “It is important to make effective use of the animals for research, also from the viewpoint of animal protection, rather than just destroying them.”

(Mainichi Japan) November 15, 2011

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/11/15/20111115p2g00m0dm014000c.html


‘Chief of boar affairs’ to fight damage by wild animals in Nagasaki. And, the other story, the Fukushima Exclusion Zone Pigs.

October 30, 2011

Japanese Wild Boar with her babies

I will start this out with asking you, what word is missing from this article?  That’s right, FERAL.  These are wild animals in Nagasaki.  The timing of this article is clever.  The Government of  Japan is showing a reason why the Fukushima pigs need to be culled.  The issue that the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Environment ‘s Minister, Goshi Hosono, has with the pigs is that the pigs are causing damage to the Fukushima residents property.  The only difference would be that the boars are wild and have not gone through what the Fukushima pigs have gone through to survive.  The wild pigs are not domesticated and have plenty of food to scavenge.  The domesticated pigs that were set free by their owners are not finding cultivated farmer’s fields to eat.  The boar are not subject, yet, to a ” take no survivors” culling campaign.  Their domesticated cousins are enduring an outright slaughter fest, like the one happening in Fukushima.  Did you think that the Government of Japan was not “euthanizing” animals anymore because its not in the news? 

If you did think that, then you are wrong.  The Government of Japan has never stopped ” euthanizing” animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone.  They are catching and killing, I will not use this word, “euthanize” without the quotation marks, since  ” euthanize” is not the correct word to use for the way these animals are killed.  The Government of Japan would have you believe that these animals go down in the proper way that animals are supposed to be euthanized, but the eye-witness reports speak of animals struggling and in great pain before they finally die.  And, it takes them awhile to die.

The Government of Japan does not discriminate, they will put down sows, mother pigs, and all of her babies.  What is unsaid is how many do they take for their “radiation studies” ?

This is from NPO SALA NETWORK via e-mail :

In Minami-Souma City, over 100 cattle were killed in September – not only the cattle forced in the cattle barn, but also those cattle who were freed.  Most of the cattle you can see in our website were already killed, I’m afraid.

Currently, the pigs are captured including baby pigs. They ran even faster than dogs. Big male pigs are also captured because they are dangerous (the government say). After the culling of the pigs, they are going to capture the remaining cattle.

http://www.salanetwork.or.jp/e_index.html

Personally, I think that the farmers in Nagasaki should learn to live with the wild animals and learn methods that will keep them from their crops.  I don’t agree with hunting them.

 

 

‘Chief of boar affairs’ to fight damage by wild animals in Nagasaki

“Chief of boar affairs” Shigeki Hirata, front right, instructs prefectural officials during a workshop in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Mainichi)

NAGASAKI — Authorities here have coined a new job position, “chief of boar affairs,” and employed an expert to fill it as part of the prefecture’s efforts to prevent persistent damage caused by the wild animals.

The “chief of boar affairs” will be responsible for suggesting and implementing specific measures to help the prefecture get rid of wild boar-inflicted damage that has become a serious nuisance to residents over the past few years. Duties will also include training of other officials, referred to as “A-level instructors,” for similar purposes.

Since 2004, when the prefecture suffered its greatest ever wild boar-inflicted agricultural losses of approximately 457 million yen, officials have implemented various countermeasures including relaxation of hunting regulations, and beginning in 2006 the appointment of wild animal specialists.

The misbehaving animals, however, have kept coming, causing an estimated 400 million yen in damages in fiscal 2010 — twice the previous year’s numbers.

“Learn to see things from a boar’s perspective,” Shigeki Hirata, the newly appointed “chief of boar affairs” advised aspiring “A-level instructors” during a September workshop in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. Forty-eight people have thus far received “A-level instructor” certification in the training program, which began in fiscal 2009.

Pointing at an approximately 1-meter-high metal fence set up around a farm field near the workshop site, its top tilted outwards, Hirata reminded that a boar’s line of sight is estimated to be about 50 centimeters off the ground. According to his instructions, a tilted fence is more efficient than a straight one, not unlike stone walls surrounding castles that were built tilting outward to ward off rival samurai.

The 40-year-old Hirata, who studied wild boars at the graduate school of the University of Tsukuba, was appointed to the “boar chief” position on Sept. 1, after serving as an expert wildlife advisor to the prefecture.

“There is still a major lack of knowledge of how to prevent wild boar damage and manage protection fences,” Hirata argues. According to him, the animals are quick learners, and that relying on common theories — such as that boars fear cows and that creosol-scented bags chase them away — will in fact have the opposite effect.

Electric fences are also an option for keeping wild boars out, Hirata says, but they can become less effective if weeds grow around them, decreasing the voltage.

According to prefectural estimates, more than 70 percent of the 5,483 reports of agricultural damage inflicted by the animals during fiscal 2010 were from areas where no countermeasures had been taken. Moreover, approximately 60 percent of the sites had no protection fences.

“To prevent further damage we should expand correct measures and promote cooperation among residents,” the chief of boar affairs said.

(Mainichi Japan) October 30, 2011

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20111030p2a00m0na005000c.html


Surprise : The Monster behind the FERAL CAT KILL is GOSHI HOSONO, Minister of Environment , Minister of Nuclear Disaster Management, and Minister of DEATH

October 14, 2011

It should be of no surprise to many of you that have been following the plight of the Fukushima Exclusion Zone animals that the MONSTER behind the “new” Feral Cat Kill  is GOSHI HOSONO.

He ,as with the Fukushima Exclusion Zone animals , is the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Environment that is behind the ” Feral Cat Kill” using trapping and then transport to a ” gas chamber” or using bait seasoned with poison.  This last move was to rid themselves of ” vermin” as the feral cats were now called.  And, since they are now labeled vermin, they are not protected by Japan’s Animal Welfare Law.

Only a lawyer, like Goshi Hosono, would have been able to figure out that loop-hole.

The funny thing about Goshi Hosono and his  ”FOCUS” on killing animals is that the detail in which he administers these animal kill directives which in direct contrast to how he is managing the on going Nuclear disaster restoration efforts.

Instead of spending all that time and attention on how to kill innocent animals , it would be put to better use if Goshi Hosono would figure out what to do with all that radiation waste that he let build for 6 months.  Maybe that’s why he wants to kill the feral cats, he’s afraid that they will dig out all that radiated waste that he wants to bury.