Animals And The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)

This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in the wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0.The Japanese government designated an area of 20-kilometer radius from the nuclear power station as an exclusion zone and evacuated one hundred thousand residents, but left companion animals and livestock animals behind in the radioactive area. Consequently, about 90 percent of the animals in the exclusion zone died. This book juxtaposes policies of the Japanese government toward the animals in Fukushima with the actions of grassroots volunteer animal rescue groups that filled the void of the government. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 3-9 Government Animal Relief Operations in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 11-21 Headquarters for Animal Relief in Emergencies (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 23-32 Volunteer Animal Rescue in the Exclusion Zone I (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 33-55 Volunteer Animal Rescue in the Exclusion Zone II (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 57-76 Front Matter ....Pages 77-77 Dogs Left Behind in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 79-100 Cats Left Behind in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 101-120 Disposal of Cattle in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 121-147 Horses Left Behind in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 149-158 Other Animals Left Behind in the Exclusion Zone (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 159-173 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Wildlife in the Exclusion Zone in Chernobyl (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 177-187 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and Animal Rescue (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 189-206 Kumamoto Earthquake and Animal Rescue (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 207-213 Conclusion (Mayumi Itoh)....Pages 215-228 Back Matter ....Pages 229-246 This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in the wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0. The Japanese government designated an area of 20-kilometer radius from the nuclear power station as an exclusion zone and evacuated one hundred thousand residents, but left companion animals and livestock animals behind in the radioactive area. Consequently, about 90 percent of the animals in the exclusion zone died. This book juxtaposes policies of the Japanese government toward the animals in Fukushima with the actions of grassroots volunteer animal rescue groups that filled the void of the government "This book is the first comprehensive in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0. The Japanese government designated an area of 20-kilometer radius from the nuclear power station as an exclusion zone and evacuated one hundred thousand residents, but left companion animals and livestock animals behind in the radioactive area. Consequently, about 90 percent of the animals in the exclusion zone died. This book juxtaposes policies of the Japanese government toward animals in Fukushima with the actions of grassroots volunteer rescue groups that filled the void of the government"--Back cover