Abstract
In this report, Ms. Honjo discusses the state of Public Animal Shelters in Japan, specifically in the city of Yokohama. Ms. Honjo shows how historical factors have influenced the form and function of Japan’s shelters in comparison with other countries and how shelters are responding to legislative novelties in Japan, and the impact that this has had for abandoned animals in the country.
Highlights
Background of Japanese Animal SheltersJapanese public animal shelters were established to protect citizens from hydrophobia
The structure of the buildings and the regulation regarding animal shelters reflected this initial purpose for the animal shelters
Considering the recent legal and structural changes of public animal shelters, the future of companion animals in Japan has become somewhat brighter
Summary
Japanese public animal shelters were established to protect citizens from hydrophobia (rabies). The structure of the buildings and the regulation regarding animal shelters reflected this initial purpose for the animal shelters. Unlike animal shelters in Europe, most public animal shelters in Japan have gas chamber to efficiently. Because shelters were made to euthanize street dogs, they only have limited rooms, typically about four to five rooms. Dogs are moved from one room to the each day, towards the gas chamber. Rabies has not been found in Japan since 1956.2 the current structure of Japanese animal shelters has been criticized as an outdated facility by animal advocates in Japan for decades.[3] Considering the complaints from animal advocates, the law has been changed recently
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