[ RadSafe ] Fukushima Exclusion Zone Update: 5-hr. Visits Allowed, Euthanizing Begins

Sat Apr 30 19:43:25 CDT 2011

And be careful of the iPad auto-correct word selection! Some of what was in my original post below isn't what was intended, with some weird words inserted!

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On Apr 30, 2011, at 8:28 PM, "Perle, Sandy" <sperle at mirion.com> wrote:

> Those that have died or lost their homes is very sad, but that will not change. Te issue of the pets is not trivializing the death and destruction. These animals have a need for food and sustenance, and the fact that there are this who want to help does not diminish the tragedy.
>
> The sarcasm, the vitriol, the attacks on this list are getting to the point of being overly ridiculous! Can we get back to being civilized. It is little wonder that the anti's take everything those advocates of the nuclear option with such disdain. One only needs to read the posts on is list from the certain few. Let's get back to basics and stop the name-calling. That should cheve ceased when you all left elementary school.
>
> Sandy Perle
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 30, 2011, at 2:03 PM, "Franz Schönhofer" <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:
>
>> I expect that for you a dog seems to be much more important than tens of
>> thousands of humans, billions of losses, hundreds of thousands of displaced
>> and homeless people.
>>
>> I do not know, who you are, but you seem to be one of the world wide
>> distributed anti-nuclear really hard, hard liners.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Franz
>>
>> Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
>> MinRat i.R.
>> Habicherg. 31/7
>> A-1160 Wien/Vienna
>> AUSTRIA
>>
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
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>> RRGWNYEnviro at aol.com
>> Gesendet: Samstag, 30. April 2011 16:49
>> An: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
>> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Fukushima Exclusion Zone Update: 5-hr. Visits
>> Allowed,Euthanizing Begins
>>
>>
>> _http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/04/29/fukushima-exclusion-zone-update-5-hr
>> -visits-allowed-euthanizing-begins/38547/_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/04/29/fukushima-exclusion-zone-update-5-hr
>> -visits-allowed-euthanizing-begin
>> s/38547/)
>> Fukushima Exclusion Zone Update: 5-hr. Visits Allowed, Euthanizing Begins
>>
>> A dog found in the no-entry zone near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear
>> Power Plant is pictured on April 28, 2011. (Mainichi)
>> Global Animal
>> April 29, 2011 – _JAPAN_ (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/japan/)  (_ANIMAL
>> RESCUE_ (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/animal-rescue/) ) – Both the
>> Japanese federal government and Fukushima Prefecture officials announced
>> new, but
>> incomplete, action plans yesterday concerning the pets and farm animals
>> left behind in the 20-kilometer radiation evacuation zone. The Japanese
>> Prime
>> Minister announced that evacuees of Fukushima’s exclusion zone may return to
>>
>> the area for up to five hours. The visits will begin after the Golden Week
>> holidays and continue through early May.
>> The five-hour limit is an improvement from last Thursday’s announcement of
>> two-hour access, which also had numerous conditions attached. However,
>> according to All Headline News, officials are still discussing whether
>> people can
>> take their pets out. (Please consider _signing the letter _
>> (https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html) below to the Prime
>> Minister to
>> allow evacuation of animals.)
>> As of Monday, the Fukushima Prefectural Government began taking custody of
>> pets around Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, according to Mainichi News.
>>
>> The initiative is based on the Rabies Prevention Act and mainly covers
>> stray and unconfined dogs. Whether to take chained dogs, _cats_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/cats/)  and other animals will be decided
>> by veterinarians
>> after examining their health. A team of 11 workers, including seven
>> veterinarians, are testing animals for radiation exposure on the spot.
>> The prefectural government says it will post information to identify pets
>> on its website. Officials also said it will not kill the animals but will
>> try
>> to find new homes if their original guardians fail to show up during a
>> certain period of time. Yesterday, the vets removed five dogs and one cat,
>> all
>> of whom had nearly non-existent radiation exposure levels. Let’s hope the
>> efforts can ramp up significantly to pull many more pets from the
>> approximately
>> 12-mile zone.
>> Sadly, Fukushima officials have been culling farm animals who are said to
>> be near death since last Thursday.
>> Dying cow in Japan's Evacuation Zone. ( Hinapopu video)
>> _http://www.globalanimal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Dying-Cow-In-Japans-
>> Evacuation-zone.jpg_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Dying-Cow-In-Japans-
>> Evacuation-zone.jpg)
>> From All Headline News:
>> Fukushima officials started on Thursday to cull animals within the 20-km
>> danger zone for public health reasons. The operations focused on the
>> Minamisoma
>> ’s Odaka district, home to 887 _cows_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/cows/) , 80 _horses_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/horses/) , 6,200 pigs and
>> 260,000 chickens as of October 2010.
>> The district was damaged badly by the tsunami triggered by the magnitude 9
>> earthquake on March 11. Officials said they will kill only the animals near
>> death, but will still try to get the owners’ permission, if possible.
>> The evacuation zone remains officially closed to rescue groups. Animals
>> within the 20 kilometer radius are clearly suffering and their guardians are
>>
>> asking for help to save their beloved pets. The video below, which was
>> released yesterday by Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS),
>> illustrates
>> the critical need for large-scale rescue and aid for the animals left to
>> perish in the evacuation zone. There is not a lot of time left.
>> Please raise your voice by being included in the _letter to Japan’s Prime
>> Minister,_ (https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html)  asking
>>
>> him to allow the remaining animals in the exclusion zone to be rescued.
>> Donations made through _Global Animal Foundation_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/donate-to-global-animal-foundation/)  will go
>> to animal organizations
>> involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of pets and farm animals in the
>> radiation
>> zone. So far, _Global Animal readers have donated more than $27,000 _
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/03/28/global-animals-donate-27000-so-far-t
>> o-japa
>> n-animal-rescue/33925/) to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support to help
>> the nation’s lost, injured, and _abandoned animals_
>> (http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/abandoned-animals/) .
>> The tears since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been shared tears;
>> every rescue – and there have been many – have been shared victories. More
>> of each are sure to follow. It is a collective hope of animal lovers
>> worldwide that the upcoming days and government decisions will usher in bold
>> and
>> compassionate animal aid on the mass scale that’s urgently needed. – Leah
>> Lessard Jeon, Global Animal
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