The world is panicking about the novel coronavirus, but what effects is it having on animal agriculture? In many places eateries have closed due to restrictions on going out, and food is being bought out at supermarkets. A problem is,…
The vegetable garden Chiisanate, run by Mr. Yoshiki Takashiro, a unique owner who has studied technical agriculture, worked at a food company, and has the experience of joining the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), has made a cage-free…
One of the animal welfare indicators of broiler chicken production is FPD (Footpad Dermatitis). The rate of the FPD incidence indicates the quality of bedding, if there’s overcrowding, or if the strain* of broiler is appropriate or not.**A high rate of FPD…
Companies that contributed to expanding animal welfare Animal Welfare Award (AWA) is an award annually* selecting and giving thanks to companies that consider animals and work on animal welfare in Japan which is lagging behind the world in terms of…
Cage-free, Eggsmart, we want your company to make a change, and we are conducting a campaign. Please check the campaign site below.
A well-known company in the laboratory animals industry, Japan Laboratory Animals, Inc*1, began its bankruptcy process on April 1, 2020.*2 This company was founded in 1949 and established in 1965. Mainly handling medium-sized animals such as monkeys, beagle dogs, and…
Cover photo from Wikimedia Chicken eggs, which sometimes only cost about 10 yen (~0.10 USD/EUR) each, are often said to be nutritious… but should we really be eating them? The average person in Japan consumes as many as 337 eggs…
Say NO to Practice of Starving Animal to Death in Industry A broiler chicken company in Wakayama prefecture reportedly starved 140,000 chickens to death in 2020. The company belonged to the Arita Poultry Agricultural Cooperative. According to Wakayama prefecture, a…
The dolphin “Honey”, who had been confined to a small cage called a pool at Inubosaki Marine Park (closed), died of obstructive enteritis, as released to the media on March 29 *1. When our partner organization PEACE checked, the last…
In March 2020, we inquired the young owner of Tabinoyado Saikawa about making a cage-free declaration. This ryokan was an inn that newly created a vegan option, and they knew the significance of a lifestyle that promotes diversity and eliminates animal…
December 2019, midnight. At a slaughterhouse in Japan, this cow was tied with a very short rope passed through the nose ring, awaiting slaughter the next morning. The length of the rope was so short that the cow could…
We will answer questions from people who wonder “Why is animal welfare in Japan so far behind the world”. Reason 1: In the first place, Japan’s animal agriculture is behind In Japan, there was no animal agriculture to begin with. …
Since 2016, Animal Rights Center Japan has been conducting a survey once a year using a private company to find out how much awareness there is about the actual rearing conditions of livestock animals. We have now conducted a survey…
HORIZON FARMS has made animal welfare declarations, one for stall-free in February, and then cage-free and better chicken in March. Horizon Farms, which has been procuring meat with commitment to animal welfare in rearing methods since its beginning, is a…
The comments by our government were the worst The comments by our government were the worst The OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) submitted the third draft for animal welfare codes for egg laying hens. It will be adopted in…
On 2020/2/19, the Parliamentary League for Animal Welfare was established as suprapartisan (including ruling, opposition, and independent parties) led by Constitutional Democratic Party members. The introduction said that the establishment was based on a strong desire to work on animal…
Due to popular demand, we’ve created the “Compassion for all animals” T-shirt with a limited supply. Refreshing design for the spring & summer born out of the logo for the March for Animals held on 2020 Being 100% organic cotton,…
After considering animal welfare alone, HORIZON FARMS, which is committed to free-range grazing, has made a stall-free declaration, promising to never lock mother pigs into gestation stalls, now and in the future. According to HORIZON FARMS staff, they make procurements…
Broiler chickens — 700 million are killed every year within Japan alone. Nearly double if imports are included. Japanese chickens suffer from overcrowding. Poultry farms in Japan are 1.7 times denser than in the EU and 1.8 times denser than…
The 2000s were really terrible. Everyone had animal fur around their necks. In 2006, fur garment imports peaked and as many as 21,331,530 fur items were imported. This means in one year, 20 million people purchased fur garments. The campaign…