How many homeless animals are there in Japan ?
Lydia Tanabe: Nobody knows because nobody is counting homeless animals. Homeless cats are everywhere in Japan . Also there are homeless rabbits, raccoons, turtles from South America and birds like canaries from Australia . There aren’t so many homeless dogs on the street because they are captured very quickly and are brought to the pound. Cats are only brought to the pound, when somebody requests it to the city office. Raccoons or other big animals are mostly shot dead by the authorities. Other exposed animals have no chance of surviving. Abolitionist: What does your organisation Small Animals Support Association do? Lydia Tanabe: We want to mediate and educate to the Japanese public what animals really are, what they mean and what they need to live well. We want Japanese society to know that animals are not playthings, material or food and animals cannot be fashion either. We want to mediate and educate that animals are feeling creatures. Also, we want to spread the message that every
