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


Radiation research suggested as way to keep released livestock near nuclear plant alive. Kaichiku Otasuke Tai has a better plan.

October 28, 2011
NPO SALA NETWORK  has been working with Kachiku Otasuke-Tai and have a better plan.  Relocate the cattle to land that can be donated or purchased.  They would like to have the cattle live out their lives in peace.  They have endured so much already.  If you would like to donate or help by signing their petition, you can find Kachiku Otasuke-Tai on Facebook.

From SALA :

A member of animal rescue cooperation network, ”KACHIKU OTASUKE-TAI” (Help Cattle Group), is receiving over 2100 criticism from overeseas (USA, France, UK, Germany, etc.) against the Japanese Central and the Local Governments’ way of treating cattle in the 20km no-go zone near Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The cattle have been long neglected since the disaster and even some of them survive they are to be “destroyed”, some of them have already been.

The suggestion to use the cattle for radiation studies is terrible.  They would have the cattle continue to live in the radioactive environment and watch them slowly degenerate.  There would be too much temptation by the researchers to want to sacrifice an animal for study.  This one stinks.

TEPCO can afford to buy land for the remaining animals to live.  They can subsidize their care, instead of giving themselves bonuses.

Please support the efforts of NPO SALA NETWORK and Kaichiku Otasuke-Tai.

Radiation research suggested as way to keep released livestock near nuclear plant alive
Masami Yoshizawa looks after one of his cows at his farm in Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Kibo-no-Bokujo -- Fukushima Project)

Masami Yoshizawa looks after one of his cows at his farm in Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Kibo-no-Bokujo — Fukushima Project)

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.”

Yoshizawa has gotten permission from the government to regularly return to his livestock farm to feed his animals. He says that every time, livestock other than his own also come seeking food.

Meanwhile, a 54-year-old woman who had beef cattle in the no-entry zone said tearfully, “I freed 30 of my cows 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.

To keep the animals alive while preventing damage to resident’s property, the Kibo-no-Bokujo — Fukushima Project is working on a plan to enclose the animals on Yoshizawa’s farm, where researchers will use them to observe the effects of radiation on large mammals. They are planning to get help from universities and other research institutes.

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.

According to the Kibo-no-Bokujo — Fukushima Project, there were approximately 3,500 cows, 30,000 pigs and 680,000 chickens remaining in the 20-kilometer radius no-entry zone, which got that designation on April 22. On May 12, the government decided to slaughter all livestock in the zone, and it has so far killed about 300 cows. Most of the pigs and chickens are believed to have died from lack of water and food without people to look after them. Not counting any remaining chicken, there are estimated to be somewhat less than 2,000 animals left, mostly cows.

(Mainichi Japan) October 25, 2011

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111025p2a00m0na012000c.html

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

There is a presumption that the animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone are all highly radioactive, will suffer much sickness, and if they breed, may have shocking mutations.

October 10, 2011

There is a presumption that the animals in the Fukushima exclusion zone are all highly radioactive, will suffer much sickness, and if they breed, may have shocking mutations.  And, killing them or ” euthanizing” them because of the issues mentioned, may not be a bad thing.   It is something that I see and have read before, and it usually is in response to an article about letting the Fukushima animals live.

There are many points that one can argue with these kinds of statements.

The first being, any animal no matter what the condition should not be killed, for no other reason than it is convenient for someone to have the animal to die.

The next could be that no one knows just how radioactive an animal may be unless it is tested.

If the animal has been exposed to radioactive material and later becomes sick, it should be treated as any living being should be. If it is in severe pain, then, putting the animal to sleep is the option, but the euthanizing should be done by guidelines that are standards for veterinary care.

If the animals are captured and spayed or neutered, they won’t breed.  And, again, the chances of mutations are based on many factors..  It would be difficult to believe that all the animals that can be rescued from this zone would have babies that are mutations.  Actually, some of the animals are having babies, and the ones that are being caught, don’t seem to be suffering from mutations.  They are suffering from neglect.

This is all the fault of the Government of Japan for not being able to manage the nuclear crisis that occurred.  It is the result of their lack of fundamental respect for life.

I will continue to hope that the Fukushima animals will be rescued, those that are sick treated with all the compassion that they deserve.  There is no excuse to do otherwise.