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On November 17, 2020, at the House of Representatives Environment Committee, Representative Keinin Horikoshi explained the cruelty of foie gras and the heated discussions in France. The day has finally come when we can talk about the cruelty of foie gras in the Diet! This question leads to an appeal to prevent cruelty to livestock animals, but stated that the world is beginning to reject cruel procedures. Foie gras, which is said to be one of the world’s three major delicacies and is indispensable for Christmas in France, is now in an era where the majority of people are ok for it to be banned even in France. Last year,…
Animal cruelty, in treatment of any animals that humans deal with in society, is something that must not exist, either legally or morally, and it must be eliminated in industrial animals as well. Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment This was clarified by a question from a member of the House of Representatives, Keinin Horikoshi (Gunma), at the Environment Committee of the House of Representatives on November 17, 2020. For many, this must be taken for granted. However, in the livestock industry, animal cruelty has become commonplace, and mistaken procedures have become commonplace, and the self-cleansing action to correct them has not worked, and the animals used for livestock have…
A member of the House of Representative, Mr. Seiichi Kushida from Kanagawa, asked questions about battery cages for chicken hens, gestation crates for sows, dog meat, and treatment for retired horses at a committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries held on November 11, 2020. Mr. Kushida started by referring to the demands from the olympians that eggs and pork for the Olympics and Paralympics should come from cage free and gestation crate free ranches. With that, he requested minister Nogami from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (MAFF) to take a leadership role to tackle animal welfare issues in Japan. In his response, the minister stated as follows: Animal…
We made a manga about secrets behind milk. Please take a peek into what kind of environment milk is being produced. Illustrator: Vege Manga Natsumi For people who want to learn more about the situations of various animals, we recommend 「世界を変えたくて自分を変えた」(“To change the world, I changed myself”) by Vege Manga Natsumi for ￥1,000.
Animal Rights Center Japan has collected signatures and submitted the petition calling for improvements to slaughterhouse animal welfare, and has worked on various slaughterhouses 1 2 3. But at the moment there is almost no information suggesting improvements. The problem of inadequate drinking water at slaughterhouses has not been solved. Animal welfare education for slaughterhouse staff is not provided, either. Dragging immobile cows with chains, not caring for lactating dairy cows (not milking etc), moving to slaughterhouse weak animals with hernia etc not suitable for transportation, twisting cows’ tails to move them… these present practices violate the animal welfare standards of the OIE (World Animal Health Organization) to which Japan is…
On the very day she was born at a hatchery, she was taken to the farm.She is a chick of a “broiler” chicken for meat.Her birthday is 8/18.She is to be killed 50 days later, to be chicken meat.Mei and others don’t know that.For 50 days, we’ll report on the world viewed by Mei. Please sign up for our newsletter to follow her 50 days with us. Please sign the petition to support the activity to save chicks like Mei. https://50days.jp *This website is in Japanese, but the posts on our social media are translated into English (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) #50DAYS All these activities are supported by donation. Please donate…
Many hens in Japan have a short miserable life in a battery cage. The result of an investigation conducted by the Animal Rights Center shows their condition is much crueler than the center had expected. ▾MOVIE | ▾Whistle-blowing and Vilification | ▾The Conditions of Hens at Night | ▾Why is this happening? | ▾Violating Global Standards AND Domestic Law | ▾Shift for Change | ▾Get on with improvements! After hens are used as egg-laying machines for one or two years, they are called waste chickens or mature chickens. They are slaughtered for meat. The meat is used for canned meat products, processed food, frozen food, ground meat, chicken extract, and chicken ham. Their big, but unhealthily white-color bent combs are used for…
Breeding sows are impregnated (through artificial insemination or copulation with boars) about 8 months after their birth. After impregnation, each sow is placed into a gestation crate (also known as a sow stall) – A metal crate or cage with a bare slatted floor. Is so narrow that she can’t even turn around or stretch. She stays in this crate for the whole of the gestational period (115 days). Shortly before giving birth, she is moved into a farrowing crate. A farrowing crate (or, stall) is similar to a gestation crate but with bars at the sides thorough which the newborn piglets (who are kept in a small enclosure, next…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, bio sweet’s capocapo in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. This is a natural confectionery studio with a cafe. The owner says, When procuring eggs, I actually saw cage and cage-free rearing at a local producer, and the chickens packed in the small cages were pitiful, while in cage-free rearing I saw them running around. I’m using cage-free eggs because I wanted to use eggs from freely-reared chickens. This store kindly agreed to declare cage-free. What is cage rearing? In cage rearing, which is…
This is the 4-panel manga written by Vege Manga Natsumi for Animal Rights Center’s ARC NEWS newsletter. No. 10, we’re releasing a little earlier than usual, why? because the topic is timely!! * If you’d like to reproduce it, please include the URL below and the name “Animal Rights Center Japan”. Animal Rights de GO! Series »Animal Rights de GO! 1 SOS with chicken eggs»Animal Rights de GO! 2 What pigs pray for in the end»Animal Rights de GO! 3 Cow milk is the mother’s milk»Animal Rights de GO! 4 Dolphin sold to aquarium»Animal Rights de GO! 5 Thanks to chickens?!»Animal Rights de GO! 6 Sorrow of a trapped mother»Animal…
Oenosato Nature Farm in Yazu-gun, Tottori Prefecture has supported ARCJ’s Cage-Free & Egg-Smart Campaign. Eggs used in restaurants, cafes, and souvenirs like sweets in the facility are all cage-free. Only the eggs collected at the cage-free poultry farm in the ranch are used. Pancakes and sweets made with cage-free eggs are gaining popularity. In addition, Oenosato Nature Farm has a 40,000-bird class cage-free poultry farm.They began cage-free rearing because “the founder, who was disappointed with modern poultry that treats chickens as if they were tools for laying eggs, treats chickens as living beings and raises them in their natural form” *1.“It is natural for chickens to run around freely on…
Internal survey published Website documenting the 50 days of a broiler chicken: https://50days.jp 2020/10/7 Tokyo: Animal Rights Center Japan has exposed the hidden reality behind Japan’s broiler poultry farming for the first time, and has published the “50DAYS” website to inform the consumers, compiling videos and reports following the 50-day life of a broiler chicken from August 18 to October 7, 2020. Today is the final day, when all 50 days of their lives have been revealed. Videos and Photos for the press (please use freely for the purpose of reporting) https://50days.jp/media/ The world viewed by Mei the broiler “Mei, a baby chicken, was born at a hatchery and was trucked…
Many people seem to have the impression that meat of a bird is healthier than that of fellow mammals like cows and pigs, and therefore eating chicken preferentially. Also, these days there are people who avoid beef for environmental reasons, but continue to consume chicken, even though chicken clearly has significantly higher environmental impacts than plant protein. Chicken is as unhealthy as beef?! It’s fairly well-known that the red meat of cows and pigs leads to increased risks of cardiovascular diseases due to the saturated fat increasing LDL cholesterol. However, there wasn’t much research comparing this to chicken, until recently. *1 According to a survey funded by the U.S. National…
In response to ARCJ’s cage-free and egg-smart campaign calls, Innovation Design Ltd has declared cage-free, promising the future use of cage-free eggs at their three cafes operating in the Tokyo metropolitan area. It was last year that the company, which was originally a consulting business for restaurants, started directly managing cafes in an attempt to give shape to their sentiment. The company’s representative, who has a long history of knowledge of the SDGs, became interested in the restaurant business because of the food loss issue. The beginning was in recycling and commercializing out-of-spec vegetables to be discarded as “ReFOOD”. Furthermore, at the end of 2019, they registered their three managed…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, MAMAHALO in Miyoshi City, Aichi prefecture, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. At this shop, eggs are mainly used for chiffon cakes. Blog https://profile.ameba.jp/ameba/makimakimaki0816 Also in response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, kinon cafe & arts which operates by appearing at events responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. The owner says, Rather than keeping a lot of animals in a small cage and mass-producing them, I would like to see an era in…
We’ve launched a petition to reduce the suffering of (broiler) chickens who are made into “Japanese chicken”. https://www.change.org/savechickens As a result of severe selective breeding for weight gain, 1/4 of the broilers are said to live under chronic pain 1/3 of their lives. Because they grow so fast, even if they aren’t slaughtered for meat, they are said to not live long. The chickens, who get killed only 40-50 days after birth, spend their entire lives inside. With their growing weights, the poultry shack becomes increasingly crowded, and their bodies get dirtier without being able to sandbathe. Like human children, young chickens love new interesting things. If they were to…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Meiwakai, a social welfare corporation based in Shizuoka, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. They operate employment support for the disabled, retirement home, and nursery schools, and at Meiwakai poultry Farm, it is the role of the handicapped persons who live in the Akiha dormitory to feed and collect the eggs. Cage-free eggs are used for meals at each facility and at Tsubasa Mei-chan’s bakery within the same business. The owner says, I think in cage-free rearing they’re more energetic and lay better eggs. We mix in the…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Sumiyanokurashi in Kariya, Miyagi, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. This is a workshop for living alongside nature and produces charcoal, sweets, and bread, and cage-free eggs are used for cakes. The owner says, It is better to take the natural form and in that respect cage rearing is not desirable. After all, rearing a chicken in an unnatural place will cause them to lose their energy and suffer. I think it is better to circulate in a natural state without using chemicals. What is cage rearing? In cage…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Hidamari Cafe nuku nuku in Hanno City, Saitama, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. The owner says, Cage-free eggs have been used since the opening. The reason is because of course I want to use eggs from chickens who are not full of stresses. Cage-free eggs are used for cakes such as chiffon cakes. There are also vegan-friendly menu items which are also introduced on the ethical vegan website Hachidory. What is cage rearing? In cage rearing, which is the common rearing method for eggs in Japan, chickens…
In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, a baked sweets shop TOUCA BAKE SHOP in Naha City, Okinawa responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free and that they would support the cage-free declaration. The owner says, I use cage-free eggs because I wanted to use eggs that are properly made in Okinawa, rather than eggs from cages that are filthy and mass produced. This shop kindly agreed to declare cage-free. In this shop, eggs are mainly used for cakes, muffins, and cookies. What is cage rearing? In cage rearing, which is the common rearing method for eggs in Japan, chickens are placed in cages…
The multi-partisan parliamentary group aiming for zero killing of dogs and cats has established a project team for amending the Animal Welfare Act. Since its launch on August 25, 2023, the PT has held 21 meetings to hear from stakeholders and deliberate on the direction of amendments. Out of these 21 sessions, however, only one touched on livestock animals, and just one on laboratory animals. Despite 1 billion livestock animals being killed annually, the issue remains far from the priorities of lawmakers. In the sole PT meeting addressing livestock, the discussions showed promise, but it is unlikely to expect significant amendments by 2025 at this rate. 17th PT: Hearings on…
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