OIE Laying Hen Code Final Proposal: Opinions of Industry, Experts, and Animal Protection Organizations
OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) in September 2019 prepared and presented the 3rd draft of the “Animal Welfare and…
The OIE Standards – Make them known to Animal Welfare Administration
On December 3rd 2019, a member from the House of Representatives in Gunma prefecture, Keinin Horikoshi, asked Minister Shinjiro Koizumi…
Wishing to end suffering of the animals… Please support our activism!
The chicks being raised for meat who end their short torturous lives while they are still babies. Breathing while shaking…
Minister responds “I agree” to Representative Horikoshi’s explanation of the need for promoting animal welfare
On 2019/11/12 at the House of Representatives Consumer Committee, Representative Keinin Horikoshi (Constitutional Democratic Party, Gunma) raised a question about…
Supermarket Survey: Plant-based Protein
The investor initiative FAIRR, which sheds light on the risks of animal-based protein (total invested asset balance of more than…
Supermarket Survey: Animal Welfare
The fraction of supermarkets carrying cage-free eggs increased to 51%. Animal welfare, spreading in Japan as well. Animal Rights Center…
Dolphin hunting in Izu Futo mass producing “Honey” #2. Requesting cancellation of Geopark designation.
Press Release As a protest against Ito City Futo district resuming dolphin drive hunting, over 200 organizations from around the…
#CageFreeJapan Contest Results
Thank you for sending us videos, photos, and episodes of many chickens who are kind, intelligent, and worth their lives…
Sinful Aquariums – Breeding dolphins while Many of Them Die
A list below shows dolphins that died from 2018 through Sept 27th 2019. Many of these individuals were born to…
Are livestock farmers handling lives prepared for disasters?
The livestock industry uses animals daily and works side-by-side with death. The trapped animals mean death if humans stop feeding…
Stop Tie stalls for daily cow
Even with a thin rubber mat laid on the concrete, every time the cows lay down, get up, or toss…
Animal welfare issues and solutions for broiler
No land animals are used as much as broiler chickens for meat. In Japan, 700 million chickens are raised per…
When vegans leave the social movement. Veganism expanding.
Animal Rights Center since its founding 31 years ago had set spreading of vegetarianism as one of its main objectives,…
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…
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…
RICCO gelato: the popular domestic sweets are fully cage-free!
RICCO gelato Co., Ltd., which operates stores on Okinawa Miyakojima and in Tokyo, is popular with a variety of flavors…
Cow’s life – what you can tell from Individual Identification numbers
What is Cattle’s Individual Identification Number? You may have seen “Cattle’s Individual Identification numbers” on packages when you buy Japanese…
Adorable Chickens: Video/Photo Contest #CageFreeJapan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We must not look down on chickens. Chickens are actually very cute, very smart, and very affectionate. Some of you…
Fur Farm in China, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2019, we had the opportunity to learn what condition a fur farm in China is in. The rearing situations…
Request regarding Comprehensive Subsidies for Developing Strong Agriculture & Leaders
There are various support systems for the livestock industry implemented by the country, but one of them is Comprehensive Subsidies…
Good News! Ireland Approves a Ban on Fur Farming
IRELAND, 3 JULY 2019 – Ireland is set to become the 15th country in the European union to ban fur…
Honey and the penguins, the beginning of new distress
At “Inubosaki Marine Park” in Chiba prefecture Choshi city which closed due to deterioration and business collapse in January 2018, a…
Primaham might quit using pregnancy stalls in its new farms?!
On June 27th, the meat processing companies Primaham and Starzen held annual shareholders assemblies in Tokyo, and this year we…
The 2 chickens rescued from battery cages are well
The 2 chickens, Ayumi and Nozomi, rescued from battery cages in 2018 and taken back by ARCJ. Because they were…
Please sign! “Please eliminate cockfighting in Okinawa Prefecture!”
The severity of harm to chickens from cockfighting taking place in Okinawa was reported previously, but this has not been…