Are companion animals being sent to vivisection laboratories in Japan ?
Lydia Tanabe: Yes, they are. They are sent from the pounds or are bought at internet auctions. Also, our research shows us that there seems to be private persons selling their unwanted animals to vivisection laboratories. Up until now, Japan had no registration duty for vivisection. Everybody knows what this means for a high tech country like Japan . This year the government will start with the registration of vivisection laboratories. I am afraid, if the result becomes public, it will be incredibly shocking. Abolitionist: How can the international animal rights community force the Japanese Government State run gas chambers to abolish these archaic practices? Lydia : At the moment most Japanese and also the government as well think that killing companion animals by gas is completely normal. The Japanese government must understand that the killing of companion animals by gas is not the only and not the normal way to go in this world. And a country like Japan that wants to be a member of
