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For animals, the process of transportation is one of the most physically and mentally taxing, involving pain, suffering, and fear. The Animal Rights Center previously conducted a survey of the courier industry’s consideration for animals in its Corporate Ethical Reporting survey, and the most egregious were Japan Post Co. Sagawa Kyubin and Seino Transport do not, in principle, transport live animals, while Kuroneko Yamato has a dedicated animal transport service and either makes special considerations or allows insects and fish (although Kuroneko Yamato has its own problems). On the other hand, Japan Post, even on its website, states publicly that it can transport live animals: birds, reptiles, fish, and insects,…
The Act on Welfare and Management of Animals was revised in 2020, which added a new chapter to Article 21 to set better standards to handle animals. We thought we would see great improvement in the animal handling businesses.However, according to the information we gathered in August 2020, the Ministry of Environment mentioned they had no intention of applying this to other animals than dogs or cats.Therefore, we, the Animal Rights Center, started to work together with two other groups called Japan Anti-Vivisection Association and PEACE (Put an End to Animal Cruelty and Exploitation) to negotiate with the Ministry.At the same time, we started a campaign called “#animals left behind”…
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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