ARC Action Group Activity Report – April
ARC HQ (Tokyo) LUSH Shinjuku x Animal Rights Center JapanFor three days from April 1st to 3rd, we rented a charity space at the LUSH Shinjuku store to hold a charity event “Why is this hen so worn out?” –…
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End Itoman Harley’s Duck-Catcher Competition that Turns Fear of Animals into Entertainment.
The Itoman Harley, held annually on the fourth day of the fifth lunar month (June 21) in Itoman City, Okinawa, is reported to be resumed this year after being suspended for four years due to a pandemic. The Harley itself…
Over 100 Fires in Animal Farms Every Year：99% of Victims are Chickens
April 26th in 2023, a large farm housing 150,000 chicken hens died in a barn fire in Omitama, Ibaraki prefecture. No single chicken survived. They were stuck in their cages, waiting to die in fire. Just imagine their fear and…
Aninmal Welfare Award 2023
Companies that have contributed to the spread of animal welfare The Animal Welfare Award (AWA) is an annual* award to express our gratitude to companies that have made animal welfare efforts with animals in mind in Japan, a country that…
Sardines at Umi-no-Eki Kujukuri Sardine Museum Overcrowded – Calls for Exhibit Abolishment
Umi no Eki Kujukuri, located near the sea in the town of Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture, has a facility called the Sardine Museum Iwashi Siryoukan. As soon as you enter Umi-no-Eki’s kiosk, you will see an fish tank on the left,…
Aquarium Fish Sold in Plastic Bags with Minimal Water
Goldfish and killifish are sold at the flower and tree sales corner of Mutsuzawa Roadside Station in Mutsuzawa Town, Chiba Prefecture. The fish are sold in plastic bags. In particular, a type of goldfish called “Ranchu” was kept alone in…
Damage to wild birds in lotus root fields: report of discussions with Ibaraki Prefecture
The Animal Rights Center Japan (ARC) has been working with the Ibaraki Prefectural Government to address bird damage to lotus root crops in the Kasumigaura area of Ibaraki Prefecture,We have been working on this issue for 14 years, including submitting…
Will the G7 International Conference be a Cage-Free Step?
International conferences, which had been blocked due to the Corona disaster, are now being held with the same level of glamour as in the past. International events that host dignitaries from various countries, promote exchanges among participants, and encourage media…
Kasumigaura lotus root field, Ibaraki, Damage to wild birds
In the Kasumigaura area of Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, lotus root cultivation using marshland is thriving. The problem has been widely publicized since the Animal Rights Center reported in 2009 that wild birds have been damaged after bird nets (overhead…
Animal sacrifices for furs purchased by the Japanese decreased by 97,470
Animal fur (real fur) tortures animals, kills them, becomes a breeding ground for zoonotic diseases, and is bad for the environment… This unethical and unnecessary “material” is steadily heading towards zero. We calculated the import volume of fur and fur…
Slaughtering, failure is bound to occur
In Japan, pigs and cattle are basically stunned at slaughterhouses before being decapitated and bled to death. However, this process is not 100% complete. This is because it fails. If the fainting process works correctly, the animal will suffer less…
H5N1 Avian Influenza Reveals the Limits of Factory Farming
The avian flu is raging and companies are being forced to stop producing and selling egg products. This seems to be a major opportunity for food companies to learn about the risks of livestock production for the first time since…
Chickens Boiled Alive: The number of chickens killed in scalding tank increased again
558,181 chickens were boiled alive in 2021, revealed by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) data. The number had continuously increased and hit the worst in 2021, which indicates there had been no efforts to minimize such errors…
Imperial Hotel TOKYO’s efforts to reducing animal suffering
What is necessary to resolve the common issue of human beings, the earth and animals is to change animal proteins to better ones and intake them less. Efforts to save animals, promoting animal welfare and veganism are inseparable, as are…
Katsushika Ward Councilman Calls for Cage-Free School Lunches
On November 30, 2022, Kayoko Natsume, a ward assembly member, asked a general question about animal welfare at a regular meeting of the ward assembly of Katsushika Ward, Tokyo. The question covered three items: the first was about TNR of…
Request to Tokyo Tachikawa City: “Don’t Cooperate with Animal Circus”
There is a trend in other countries to stop using animals for entertainment, such as circuses, as it is an inappropriate environment for keeping wild animals. In this case, wild animals are those other than domesticated animals. No matter how…
A Must-read Book for Children, “Someday Under the Sky -The Sakura School Hikari Newspaper-” was Published!
A new children’s book “Someday under the Sky Sakura School Hikari Newspaper” has been published. This children’s book should be read by all elementary and junior high school students, or even adults. One day, Asuka met an injured chicken in…
Activity report of Animal Rights Day: Lecture and Outreach activities in 3 locations nationwide
On Dec.10th, 2022, International Animal Rights Day, we conducted street outreach activities on 3 spots, i.e. Shibuya (Tokyo), Iwate and Shiga, to appeal promotion of animal welfare and protection of animal rights. In Shibuya, a seminar on “animal welfare and…
Cruelty in Animal Farms – Why corporate transparency is so necessary
In pig farms, animals die in breeding facilities more than any other places. They die not just because of miscarriage, but they also get slaughtered by hand by humans. Piglets are killed every day because they are unable to stand…
CAINZ: Stop Selling Living Fish in Plastic Bags!
Fishe are sentient being so that it has even been analyzed that “the perceptual and cognitive abilities of fishes are similar to or even exceed those of other vertebrates.” In many countries, fish are included in the range of animal…