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Fukushima officials started on Thursday to cull animals within the 20-km =

danger zone for public health reasons. The operations focused on the
Minamisoma
=92s Odaka district, home to 887 _cows_=20
(http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/cows/) , 80 _horses_
(http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/horses/) , 6,200 pigs and=20
260,000 chickens as of October 2010. =20
The district was damaged badly by the tsunami triggered by the magnitude =
9=20
earthquake on March 11. Officials said they will kill only the animals =
near=20
death, but will still try to get the owners=92 permission, if possible.=20
The evacuation zone remains officially closed to rescue groups. Animals=20
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=20
released yesterday by Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS),
illustrates=20
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.=20
Please raise your voice by being included in the _letter to Japan=92s =
Prime=20
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.=20
Donations made through _Global Animal Foundation_=20
(http://www.globalanimal.org/donate-to-global-animal-foundation/)  will =
go
to animal organizations=20
involved in the rescue and rehabilitation of pets and farm animals in =
the
radiation=20
zone. So far, _Global Animal readers have donated more than $27,000 _=20
(http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/03/28/global-animals-donate-27000-so-fa=
r-t
o-japa
n-animal-rescue/33925/) to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support to =
help=20
the nation=92s lost, injured, and _abandoned animals_=20
(http://www.globalanimal.org/tag/abandoned-animals/) .=20
The tears since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have been shared =
tears;=20
every rescue =96 and there have been many =96 have been shared =
victories. More=20
of each are sure to follow. It is a collective hope of animal lovers=20
worldwide that the upcoming days and government decisions will usher in =
bold
and=20
compassionate animal aid on the mass scale that=92s urgently needed. =96 =
Leah=20
Lessard Jeon, Global Animal
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