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Kumamoto Earthquake and Animal Rescue

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Animals and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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This chapter “Kumamoto Earthquake and Animal Rescue” examines the plight of the animals and animal rescue in the wake of the Kumamoto Earthquake that shook the southwestern region in April 2016, and studies whether the Japanese government and people learned lessons from Fukushima, as well as from the Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake of October 2004.

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  1. 1.

    “Petto-zure hinan, nayamu hisaichi” (Problems with Evacuation Accompanied by Pets in the Disaster Area), Asahi Shimbun, May 10, 2016, http://digital.asahi.com/articles/ASJ5B33LBJ5BTIPE00B.html?rm=669.

  2. 2.

    Ibid.

  3. 3.

    Ibid.

  4. 4.

    Ibid.

  5. 5.

    “Tokuda Ryūnosuke,” Jōnetsu tairiku (TV documentary), Mainichi Broadcast Station, September 4, 2016.

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    Ibid.

  8. 8.

    Ibid.

  9. 9.

    “Petto-zure hinan, nayamu hisaichi.”

  10. 10.

    Ibid.

  11. 11.

    “Saigai kyūjo-ken, Kumamoto demo ganbatta” (Search and Rescue Dogs Worked Hard Also in Kumamoto), Chūnichi Shimbun, July 19, 2016.

  12. 12.

    NOP hōjin saigai kyūjo-ken network” (NPO, Search and Rescue Dogs Network), http://www.drd-network.or.jp, accessed September 1, 2017.

  13. 13.

    “Kumamoto no hisai-petto shūyō genkai ni” (Pets Rescued in Kumamoto Exceeded Maximum Capacity), Asahi Shimbun, July 23, 2016, http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ755QKVJ75UTFL006.html.

  14. 14.

    Ibid.

  15. 15.

    “‘Hisai-petto’ shūyō ga panku-jōtai” (Pets Rescued Exceeded Maximum Capacity), Sankei Shimbun, September 24, 2016, http://shippo-news.seesaa.net/article/442202786.html.

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Itoh, M. (2018). Kumamoto Earthquake and Animal Rescue. In: Animals and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70757-0_13

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