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Newly Released Videos Shed Light On Conditions Inside The Fukushima Exclusion Zone
Newly Released Videos Shed Light On Conditions Inside The Fukushima Exclusion Zone
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Concerned citiz ens held a protest in Tokyo on May 8th, starting in the "Hachiko" Square and ending at
TEPCO offices [2].
Photos available on the Angels 2005 Animal Rescue Team "Action Report Blog" show many pets have
already starved to death [3].
On May 5th, PETA has issued an action alert which in part states [4]:
"Please urge the Japanese government to take immediate action to transfer farmed animals inside the
20- kilometer no- go z one to facilities where they can be cared for or to euthaniz e any animals who are
suffering."
A geiger counter sounds a warning, not just of detected radiation particles, but a warning that the animal Yahoo! News on Facebook
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Behind the car, a team member can be seen kneeling down to calm yet another dog on a leash.
A man says: “66.33mSv, then 68…It’s going to exceed 70 [mSv/hour]. Oh, it has exceed 70…it’s already
71.16 mSv/hour. It gets really strong in the 2km z one. But this is still not too bad.”
Speaking of the leashed dog: “We’ll take you with us and hope we’ll find the owner.”
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@5:54: The team is back in the car driving through town. Dogs are wandering past on the street. “Let’s projects.
throw out lots of food. Everyone [the dogs] are waiting look. Stay strong…You too…Poor dogs…”
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come back again in this situation…Just give everything out.”
The camera pans to the back seat, past the driver who is wearing a white radiation protective suit and
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The scrolling title indicates this video was taken on April 22, 2011.
Hello to everyone all over Japan. I am Meiko Yoshida, living in Odaku- ku, Minami Soma- shi, C anad ian b anks and p e nsio n f und s b id
Fukushima- ken. My residence is at 17 km of the power plant. f o r T MX
Even though I was told to evacuate immediately, since I had nine cats to take care of at home, I had not
been able to evacuate immediately. Several days later, on March 19, the Self- Defense Force members
and the Ward Office personnels visited my home to persuade me to evacuate. I was told to leave the
pets behind, and I left without them. At the time, I made a mistake of releasing my inside- living cats
outdoors. I didn’t have a mobile phone. I regret not having been able to consult with others who were in
the same situation as myself.
Even at the evacuation center though, I was worried about my cats at home, so from March 19 until the
midnight of April 21, I went back home every other day or two days to feed them food and water. During
that period, six out of nine cats I released [had] been found and I have asked animal protection groups
to look after them. One of the nine [has] died of a disease, and still now there are two remaining whom I
have not been able to protect yet.
In the a.m. of April 21 – it was just so sudden – I heard that the 20 km area would become a severe
cautionary z one. Before when I asked around when the off- limit will take effect, no one ever told me, but
a bad news like that happened suddenly. Out of excessive worry, at around 23:00 on April 21, I went
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home but I was unable to provide them for protection. The cautionary z one became effective starting April
22, so I could no longer go back to my house. I had been asking the police officers at the checkpoint
how I can get inside, [and they] told me that I need to obtain a permit from the city mayor, so I also went
and appealed directly to the city mayor. So I went back and forth between the city’s municipal office and
the public health department, and asked to be permitted inside the z one, but it just could not be done.
The other day, on April 28, the public health department went inside the 20 km z one for the purpose of
doing research; however this was for inspection only, so they could pick up wandering animals from the
road. But no helping hand was extended for the cats and dogs who were left inside homes. When you
rescue animals, time allowance is needed to carry out the task, but being told “it starts tomorrow” so
suddenly, I was not able to carry out rescue.
At evacuation centers, there are MANY people who were told the same way and could not even prepare
for evacuation, nor could they take their pets with them to evacuate. Those people are so worried about
their pets living without them, their heartache is so severe that they can’t sleep for nights; they can’t even
eat [and] many of them are emaciated. Please help those of us who are worried about our animals and
our pets.
Twelve many days have already passed since the off- limit z one order took effect on April 22. Pets also
have lives, so I worry at the possibility of them not being protected in time. Please help to remove the
disaster victims’ worries and heartache. I felt nothing would become of just being quiet, so I made a
picket sign by myself and stood in front of the municipal office and collected this from those in similar
circumstances.
[Holding up papers:] I started this on April 30 and it’s been three days since. I collected accounts from
fourteen people suffering similar problems, right here with information of their pets they had to leave
behind.
[Holding up copies of the news papers:] This activity has been featured in the local newspapers, here is
Mainichi newspaper and Fukushima Min- Yuu.
There are people who are in trouble deep as you [can] see, because they had to leave their pets
behind. Their faces look different now even. What I'd like to ask of you to help us, is to make it possible
for us pet guardians to be able to visit our pets periodically,
accompanied by the SDF [Self- Defense Force] or policemen, so that we can go to provide them food
and water.
Concurrently with that process, I'd like the government [to] do two things: Rescue the animals and keep
the rescued animals under protection [shelter].
Those who believe that animals' lives are also precious, please, we are the cohabitants of the planet
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earth that we share. Please help us. And please support the animal protection groups who have been
hard at work.
Hasn't Japan been progressing towards the country which is respectable? Just standing by and watching
animals die when we have the chance to save them, how could this country become a nation that the
world looks [upon] with respect?
It is hoped that Japan embraces the little lives of our animals too and aspire to become a country that is
truly respected. Everybody in Japan, please help us. Please. That is all. Yes.
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The Hachiko Coalition is repeating our previous request and calling for the organiz ed, and immediate
evacuation of all uncontaminated domestic animals and livestock inside the exclusion z one.
While this triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, radiation) may be unprecedented that does not mean it is
unmanageable. Japan has vast resources and technical know- how, it simply needs to exercise the
resolve and solve this problem and demand emergency evacuation funding from TEPCO disaster
insurance pools.
The Hachiko Coalition believes the current "starve them out" plan to deal with these animals is
unacceptable and reprehensible to the many people witnessing the events as they unfold.
To follow the most recent developments of this ongoing emergency, please visit the website:
http://www.hachiko- coalition.org/
Persons wishing to sign a petition requesting rescue of these animals should see:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?
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To voice your concerns to the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, please use this form:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html
NOTE: For footnotes and references, please see the full press release available on the Hachiko
Coalition website.
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