Paretaco Shokudo, who respects the ideal ways of animals, is cage-free

Spice curry Paretaco Shokudo is a curry restaurant that operates by appearing at events and holding cooking classes around Japan. The owner Takumi Seto is particular about the natural ways of animals and food, and all eggs used in the store are cage-free. Mr. Seto says, I would like to receive lives that grew up in their original natural forms. There are too many unnatural foods around me, so it’s difficult to continue eating naturally, but some produce products that are close to nature, so I’d like to support them, so I try to use cage-free eggs and wild meat. There is no way that eating animals who were raised…

Tamagokakegohan Tamanosuke set in the nature of Sasayama is cage-free

Tamagokakegohan Tamanosuke is a restaurant in Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture that specializes in raw eggs over rice. The owner already knew the term “cage-free declaration”, and agreed with this cage-free proposal without hesitation. In addition to the main eggs over rice dish, cage-free eggs are used for side dishes such as fried eggs and pudding. Tamagokakegohan Tamanosuke’s website says, 98% of the eggs sold in Japan are from caged rearing, and the remaining 2% are the rare cage-free eggs. Produced by the poultry method in which the chickens are free on the flat ground, these eggs come from healthy chickens who grow freely in an environment close to nature,…

Morinokazoku, a restaurant that makes delicious vegetables by organic farming, is cage-free

In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, Morinokazoku, an organic restaurant with the motto “delicious vegetables are good vegetables” with two locations in Kagoshima City and Aira City, responded that all the eggs they use are already cage-free, and that they would support the cage-free declaration. In addition to restaurants, this business also sells bento boxes and side dishes that use carefully selected organic vegetables. Many shops and restaurants that specialize in organic vegetables use eggs in cages, but here they choose cage-free in consideration of the chickens. In Japan, over 90% uses battery cage rearing, confining chickens in cages. It’s misleading to say that that’s healthy,…

A sustainable cafe that cares for the global environment, Gypsy’s mile cafe, is cage-free

This cafe is located in Takeda City, Oita Prefecture, Japan.  In response to an inquiry from Animal Rights Center Japan, they responded that all of the eggs they use are already cage-free, and that they would support the cage-free declaration.  It’s a cafe that is friendly and cares about the connection with people and nature.  The owner had lived in Australia before and knew that most of the eggs in supermarkets there are cage-free and that animal welfare in Japan is lagging behind. Gypsy’s mile Cafe’s website says, We live in a time when there is a lot of artificial flavors and tastes, but this can lead to various diseases,…

[Cage-Free Declaration] A path opened by one owner’s life

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 declaration. The owner is a food and agriculture elite, but his life had been a constant struggle with deceptions about food and agriculture. When he first got a job at a food company, he was so shocked by the amount of additives used in products that he was overwhelmed by the negative impact on society and he couldn’t like his job. Then, wanting to work for people for the world…

Which will you choose? Cage-free? or Egg-smart?

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Revealing the Country’s Low Standards – Draft Animal Welfare Codes for Egg Laying Hens

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 May 2020 after concerned countries review it and give feedback about this draft. Japan also reviewed and submitted its comments to the OIE after holding committees called “OIE liaison committee” from the end of December 2019 through January 2020. You can view each member’s comment here. The government’s feedback was as though it would overwrite these members’ opinions.* Here is the summary of the comments by our government: They commented…

Already 4 US states have decided to ban the sale of caged eggs

Japan is still in a situation where 99% of eggs are produced from battery cages, and the industry is clinging to this old rearing method. However, there will be no future there. In USA, sale of caged eggs have been banned starting in Massachusetts, then in California, Washington, and Oregon. Furthermore,  Other states tried to ask the Supreme Court to repeal the law in Massachusetts but the Supreme Court did not accept the lawsuit. Eggs in the US are inexpensive. Unlike in Japan, it must be advantageous to be able to produce feed within the country, and to have large production volumes with large facilities. It seems that Japan wants…

Let’s end caged rearing

Regarding the animal welfare regulations on rearing method that the International Animal Health Organization OIE is trying to formulate, Japan continues to give negative opinions saying “reasonable flexibility should be ensured considering various production modes”. In response to industry and national attitudes, we, the Animal Rights Center Japan, have requested that animal welfare be enhanced in collaboration with other animal rights groups. Consumer groups have also joined the national committee and are speaking out for animal welfare. However, the opinions of NGOs are not reflected at all. The chicken farm shown in this video is from Japan. This is the result of ensuring reasonable flexibility. There is no law at…

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0.5 million Birds Boiled Alive at Slaughterhouse

Chickens with red skin. This is a picture taken in 2017 in Japan. The reason why their skin gets red is because of the errors that take place at slaughterhouses. Their necks often don’t get slit properly, and as a result, the birds are boiled alive. In Japan, chickens with red skin like this are disposed as “chickens with failure of bleeding.” In other words, these are “accidents,” and the birds’ lives, sufferings, and pain get tossed away as though nothing occurred. What kind of pain? No Stunning Many slaughterhouses kill birds by slitting their throats without stunning by utilizing electronic shock or gas to knock out birds first in…