I really try to not watch the Japanese news anymore.
It's not because of the smothering censorship though. Being able to speak and read Japanese fluently I could find the information on what is really happening if I looked around for it. The fact is I already saw it coming.
What I predicted back in April, low and behold, is happening now:
* mass numbers of people suffering from heat exhaustion/stroke because of the "energy saving" measures.
* planned/unplanned blackouts because there isn't enough energy to go around.
August 11 - In just ONE DAY, almost 1 thousand, or specifically more than 900 PEOPLE were sent to the hospital for heat exhaustion/stroke. (TBS)
August 12 - Another day, another city, a blackout of 2+ hours in the middle of 95+ degree summer day. (TBS)
If we were still in Japan, Ranmaru would be DEAD.
I stuck it out through a lot, A LOT of 5h1t, but when it became apparent that these kinds of situations were on the horizon (not to mention another M9 for our region), I packed him up and bid a sad and final farewell to a country I had loved for so long.
The fact is there's simply not enough energy to go around even with all the "energy saving" actions. And even through the highly, extremely censored news, you can find the the government admitting that there will be over a 6% shortage through summer and the coming winter.
(Makes you wonder what the Flu epidemic will be like this time around.)
Now, admittedly, the August 12th blackout in the middle of 95 degree weather was unplanned. TEPCO, however, is calling for even MORE CONSERVATION or there will be the infamous(ly fuddled) Planned Blackouts that we saw right after 3/11 to look forward to again by the end of August. (Sankei,)
Oh, and I hope you have been following the recent August earthquakes.
Already, two rated at Magnitude 6+.
We saw those coming, too.
(Again, just August. This is the July list of biggies ..)
So consider this my official application for a position in the fortune-telling business.
So far, we've been right on the dime. :p
(Seriously, get out of that country if you can. )
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Post WW-2-Nuclear Japan
In sharing some of my recent experiences of the 3/11 events and in particular the ongoing aftermath, I heard an excellent summary, a prediction of sorts from my audience.
They are heading into post-WW2 conditions...especially when winter comes around... They had nothing... (paraphrased)
This sounds extreme to someone on the outside of the events, particularly given the highly censored news coming out of Japan. News that has given birth to dangerously misleading statements such as those sold to the English-speaking world from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) - "Japan is Safe and Open for Business". But given the record of earthquakes over a of Magnitude 5 just in July alone, not to mention the current and worsening energy crisis... "Safe and Open for Business" is not a statement I would put my money on..
No they aren't bombed out of house and home, their fields ravaged to the point that even the topsoil is burned away, yet at the same time, the current situation is vaguely reminiscent. Houses, entire cities, are wiped out, having been swallowed up and carried off in the tsunami. A nuclear reactor has gone beyond critical and officially into a state of meltdown. The resultant contamination of that meltdown alone is far reaching and incalculable.
The location of the Fukushima reactor is in Northern (East) Japan were there is a bulk of the farming and fishing.
However, not only were the areas within the evac zone affected, but I saw how the contamination from the radiation had gotten and still is getting into the water supply through rain and irrigation and is still contaminating both farm animals and the fields far outside the 30 kilometer contaminated evac zone.
A contaminated food supply, coupled with ongoing (and future) earthquakes would be bad enough but the final straw for me, the last thing that finally pushed me out of Japan was the looming energy crisis. Of course, it was only looming back in April. I saw it coming and searched for help to counteract the effects of what a lack of energy would bring about. All to no avail as no one either officially or unofficially seemed to be acknowledging the likelihood of an energy shortage except... me?
Come end of June, however, and then the media and assorted officials finally start talking about it - 6.9% shortage anticipated during the summer.
Some things you hate to be right about, but there it was.
Fortunately for me and Maru, we already had our respective tickets and belongings packed. We gave our sad and final (and possibly permanent) farewells to Japan at the end of June.
And this actually brings us back to the beginning of our story, about the correlation between post-WW2 Japan and post-3/11 Japan. Back stateside, my information was now limited to carefully contrived online news reports. Of course, with further searching, even now I can find real unaltered information (much like I was able to during the China-Japan Border Battle of 2010). So it was hardly a surprise then when in the Disappearing Prime Minister Incident, the prime minister himself mentioned winter energy shortages. Naturally it was in a roundabout way.
Not that there were going to be shortages, but that "if we continue with our energy saving now, we will be able to get through the summer and the winter."
Admittedly, there was a dead zone between the time when I had access to on-the-ground information before we escaped Japan and the time I heard this statement, but that interval of 17 days aside, this was the first time I had ever heard mention of winter in any context.
Energy shortages in the summer. Energy shortages in the winter. At this point in time, both are estimated to be at 6.9%. (Although that number is brought to us through the strictly censored official media.)
All this brought to mind several stories by my all time favorite author, Dazai Osamu. Although most of his writing takes place previous to WW2, he lived through WW2 and continued on writing for a few years afterward in post-WW2 Japan. The images from "Osan" of broken families moving from one relative's or friend's house to another looking for shelter in post-WW2 Japan as their own houses were destroyed and rendered uninhabitable are not unlike the current scenes of the displaced Japanese captured on national TV. People lost without proper clothing or food, much less homes or jobs going from one evac shelter to another to another and then finally maybe to private but temporary prefab house-like shelters. Or "Tazunebito", the story of a moving letter written by one of the many homeless beggars of postwar Japan to a kindly young woman he met traveling on a train who gave him some food. The subtle difficulties of charity, the complexity of something that superficially seems so simple as the giving and accepting of food for these displaced people.
No, it's not so bad over there and probably won't get as bad as post-WW2, but it is eerily similar.
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing. (^^)
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They are heading into post-WW2 conditions...especially when winter comes around... They had nothing... (paraphrased)
This sounds extreme to someone on the outside of the events, particularly given the highly censored news coming out of Japan. News that has given birth to dangerously misleading statements such as those sold to the English-speaking world from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) - "Japan is Safe and Open for Business". But given the record of earthquakes over a of Magnitude 5 just in July alone, not to mention the current and worsening energy crisis... "Safe and Open for Business" is not a statement I would put my money on..
No they aren't bombed out of house and home, their fields ravaged to the point that even the topsoil is burned away, yet at the same time, the current situation is vaguely reminiscent. Houses, entire cities, are wiped out, having been swallowed up and carried off in the tsunami. A nuclear reactor has gone beyond critical and officially into a state of meltdown. The resultant contamination of that meltdown alone is far reaching and incalculable.
The location of the Fukushima reactor is in Northern (East) Japan were there is a bulk of the farming and fishing.
However, not only were the areas within the evac zone affected, but I saw how the contamination from the radiation had gotten and still is getting into the water supply through rain and irrigation and is still contaminating both farm animals and the fields far outside the 30 kilometer contaminated evac zone.
A contaminated food supply, coupled with ongoing (and future) earthquakes would be bad enough but the final straw for me, the last thing that finally pushed me out of Japan was the looming energy crisis. Of course, it was only looming back in April. I saw it coming and searched for help to counteract the effects of what a lack of energy would bring about. All to no avail as no one either officially or unofficially seemed to be acknowledging the likelihood of an energy shortage except... me?
Come end of June, however, and then the media and assorted officials finally start talking about it - 6.9% shortage anticipated during the summer.
Some things you hate to be right about, but there it was.
Fortunately for me and Maru, we already had our respective tickets and belongings packed. We gave our sad and final (and possibly permanent) farewells to Japan at the end of June.
And this actually brings us back to the beginning of our story, about the correlation between post-WW2 Japan and post-3/11 Japan. Back stateside, my information was now limited to carefully contrived online news reports. Of course, with further searching, even now I can find real unaltered information (much like I was able to during the China-Japan Border Battle of 2010). So it was hardly a surprise then when in the Disappearing Prime Minister Incident, the prime minister himself mentioned winter energy shortages. Naturally it was in a roundabout way.
Not that there were going to be shortages, but that "if we continue with our energy saving now, we will be able to get through the summer and the winter."
Admittedly, there was a dead zone between the time when I had access to on-the-ground information before we escaped Japan and the time I heard this statement, but that interval of 17 days aside, this was the first time I had ever heard mention of winter in any context.
Energy shortages in the summer. Energy shortages in the winter. At this point in time, both are estimated to be at 6.9%. (Although that number is brought to us through the strictly censored official media.)
All this brought to mind several stories by my all time favorite author, Dazai Osamu. Although most of his writing takes place previous to WW2, he lived through WW2 and continued on writing for a few years afterward in post-WW2 Japan. The images from "Osan" of broken families moving from one relative's or friend's house to another looking for shelter in post-WW2 Japan as their own houses were destroyed and rendered uninhabitable are not unlike the current scenes of the displaced Japanese captured on national TV. People lost without proper clothing or food, much less homes or jobs going from one evac shelter to another to another and then finally maybe to private but temporary prefab house-like shelters. Or "Tazunebito", the story of a moving letter written by one of the many homeless beggars of postwar Japan to a kindly young woman he met traveling on a train who gave him some food. The subtle difficulties of charity, the complexity of something that superficially seems so simple as the giving and accepting of food for these displaced people.
No, it's not so bad over there and probably won't get as bad as post-WW2, but it is eerily similar.
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing. (^^)
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Know Before U Go: the earthquakes are FAR from over
Before the M9 in Northern Japan on 3/11 the research institutes in Japan were already predicting within the next 30 years, there will be an M9 in SOUTHERN Japan.
That has not happened YET.
And while I was still trapped in Japan, I was living in Southern Japan. Living in Southern Japan afforded me the privilege of not only seeing first hand how poor the Japanese government responded to a disaster of that magnitude, but also gave me access to information only accessible to the Japanese citizens.
Information such as the fact that during one of the episodes of "Eye on Kansai"series about the tsunami and earthquakes (an evening TV show about Southern Japan 、かんさい熱視線 ) they discussed how UNPREPARED that region still is for the upcoming mega-quake. In that series they also mentioned how the research institutes were revising their estimates for that upcoming M8/9 earthquake. Revising them to estimate an earlier date of occurrence.
In other words, Southern Japan is looking at its own M8/9 not within the next 30 years, but sooner.
This main site through Yahoo Japan will not only give you constantly updated information on tremors and major quakes, but information on past quakes.
The following are only the most recent earthquakes OVER level 5 under BOTH measuring systems after I left Japan on June 27th.
However, do not be fooled into thinking these are irregular occurrences. Japan has been getting M5 and M6 on an almost regular basis between 3/11 and the end of June. (You can check the history of the quakes through that Yahoo site)
You don't want to be visiting Japan now or anytime soon.
You want to be LEAVING.
7/31 M6.4
7/23, M6.5:
7/15, M5.5:
But if you still feel like playing Russian Roulette, we happened upon a nice collection of images and videos of the 3/11 M9 Earthquake-Tsunami disaster. (And these are not even touching upon the nuclear reactor meltdown and fallout.)
You don't need to understand the words, just look at the pictures. :9
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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That has not happened YET.
And while I was still trapped in Japan, I was living in Southern Japan. Living in Southern Japan afforded me the privilege of not only seeing first hand how poor the Japanese government responded to a disaster of that magnitude, but also gave me access to information only accessible to the Japanese citizens.
Information such as the fact that during one of the episodes of "Eye on Kansai"series about the tsunami and earthquakes (an evening TV show about Southern Japan 、かんさい熱視線 ) they discussed how UNPREPARED that region still is for the upcoming mega-quake. In that series they also mentioned how the research institutes were revising their estimates for that upcoming M8/9 earthquake. Revising them to estimate an earlier date of occurrence.
In other words, Southern Japan is looking at its own M8/9 not within the next 30 years, but sooner.
This main site through Yahoo Japan will not only give you constantly updated information on tremors and major quakes, but information on past quakes.
The following are only the most recent earthquakes OVER level 5 under BOTH measuring systems after I left Japan on June 27th.
However, do not be fooled into thinking these are irregular occurrences. Japan has been getting M5 and M6 on an almost regular basis between 3/11 and the end of June. (You can check the history of the quakes through that Yahoo site)
You don't want to be visiting Japan now or anytime soon.
You want to be LEAVING.
7/31 M6.4
7/23, M6.5:
7/15, M5.5:
7/05, M5.4:
But if you still feel like playing Russian Roulette, we happened upon a nice collection of images and videos of the 3/11 M9 Earthquake-Tsunami disaster. (And these are not even touching upon the nuclear reactor meltdown and fallout.)
You don't need to understand the words, just look at the pictures. :9
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Radioactive Reporting..... of a different sort
Well, I can post all about the news censorship and information suppression in Japan. Boy, could I post about the things I know and saw.
And STILL see and know even know that me and my fuzz are safely out of Japan. One just has to know where to look because you won't hear any of it on the official TV stations. The one time I did find something, not only did that video disappear when I went searching for it several days later, but they replaced it with a completely DIFFERENT video. But that's a complete other story. Although, for those of us familiar with Japanese "history" and the modern Textbook Wars, it's the ages old business-as-usual in Asia.
Anyhow, just as I predicted way back in April (according to my Twitter account, April 5th, but earlier in actuality), things have been thrown into high gear and started to get really stressed once the calendar flipped over to July.
Like a gear shift.
Or a bathroom light.
Or the ticking of a clock...
Something for consideration for those still hesitating on leaving Japan. Of course, it might be too late already for those trying to travel with their pets. (add IPATA info links)
High levels of radiation detected in Northwest (USA )rainwater
"... radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
'The level that was detected on March 24 was 41 times the drinking water standard,' said Gerry Pollet....'...the rain water in the Northwest is reaching levels 130 times the drinking water standards,'..."
And those levels are NOW, xx months LATER, an OCEAN APART from the failed reactor.
Safe travels, and hope to see you again.
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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And STILL see and know even know that me and my fuzz are safely out of Japan. One just has to know where to look because you won't hear any of it on the official TV stations. The one time I did find something, not only did that video disappear when I went searching for it several days later, but they replaced it with a completely DIFFERENT video. But that's a complete other story. Although, for those of us familiar with Japanese "history" and the modern Textbook Wars, it's the ages old business-as-usual in Asia.
Anyhow, just as I predicted way back in April (according to my Twitter account, April 5th, but earlier in actuality), things have been thrown into high gear and started to get really stressed once the calendar flipped over to July.
Like a gear shift.
Or a bathroom light.
Or the ticking of a clock...
Something for consideration for those still hesitating on leaving Japan. Of course, it might be too late already for those trying to travel with their pets. (add IPATA info links)
High levels of radiation detected in Northwest (USA )rainwater
"... radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
'The level that was detected on March 24 was 41 times the drinking water standard,' said Gerry Pollet....'...the rain water in the Northwest is reaching levels 130 times the drinking water standards,'..."
And those levels are NOW, xx months LATER, an OCEAN APART from the failed reactor.
Safe travels, and hope to see you again.
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Donations for Japan's Voiceless
Got a very nice list of donation sites worked up so reposting!
(You repost and pass the word too. ;) )
THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE has direct and credible online donation abilities.
The Humane Society International (HSI) is now prepared to accept donations for the welfare of animals affected by the recent disaster in Japan. Secure donations can be placed to their International Disaster Fund. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) finally has a fund specifically dedicated to fund rescue efforts in Japan. Accepting secure online donations through credit cards only.
CARE2.com has a a collection of links for donating offsite.
PETA is also finally on the ground in Japan and offering help. Onsite donation abilities.
A group of 3 local JAPAN animal welfare societies have created this site for donations. Credibility not assured.
FBCusa, the largest importer of American home products, food stuffs and various necessities for the foreigner in Japan has also opened up donations for pets. FBC is offering a way for you to purchase items that will go directly to shelters and those they identify with needs.
Global Animal Foundation functions like a Red Cross for animals, distributing donations to established and vetted animal rescue organizations worldwide. Donations received during the ongoing crisis in Japan will be donated to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS), a coalition of three animal rescue groups that are on the ground providing rescue and supplies to animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
Finally, there is WorldVets.org (the non-human version of Doctors without Borders). They don't specifically have a donations for the Japan Earthquake fund, but they are on the ground working in affected areas.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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(You repost and pass the word too. ;) )
THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE has direct and credible online donation abilities.
The Humane Society International (HSI) is now prepared to accept donations for the welfare of animals affected by the recent disaster in Japan. Secure donations can be placed to their International Disaster Fund. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) finally has a fund specifically dedicated to fund rescue efforts in Japan. Accepting secure online donations through credit cards only.
CARE2.com has a a collection of links for donating offsite.
PETA is also finally on the ground in Japan and offering help. Onsite donation abilities.
A group of 3 local JAPAN animal welfare societies have created this site for donations. Credibility not assured.
FBCusa, the largest importer of American home products, food stuffs and various necessities for the foreigner in Japan has also opened up donations for pets. FBC is offering a way for you to purchase items that will go directly to shelters and those they identify with needs.
Global Animal Foundation functions like a Red Cross for animals, distributing donations to established and vetted animal rescue organizations worldwide. Donations received during the ongoing crisis in Japan will be donated to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS), a coalition of three animal rescue groups that are on the ground providing rescue and supplies to animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS) is a collaboration of three established and registered no kill animal rescue NPOs in Japan. The intention behind the creation of JEARS is to coordinate rescue and support efforts for animals in crisis due to the March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami in Northern Japan.
MANY ways to donate including tax deductible donations for US citizens.Finally, there is WorldVets.org (the non-human version of Doctors without Borders). They don't specifically have a donations for the Japan Earthquake fund, but they are on the ground working in affected areas.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
DONATIONS for Japan ANIMALS
Finally some donation sites poping up.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE has direct and credible online donation abilities.
The Humane Society International (HSI) is now prepared to accept donations for the welfare of animals affected by the recent disaster in Japan. Secure donations can be placed to their International Disaster Fund. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) finally has a fund specifically dedicated to fund rescue efforts in Japan. Accepting secure online donations through credit cards only.
CARE2.com has a a collection of links for donating offsite.
PETA is also finally on the ground in Japan and offering help. Onsite donation abilities.
A group of 3 local JAPAN animal welfare societies have created this site for donations. Credibility not assured.
FBCusa, the largest importer of American home products, food stuffs and various necessities for the foreigner in Japan has also opened up donations for pets. FBC is offering a way for you to purchase items that will go directly to shelters and those they identify with needs.
Global Animal Foundation functions like a Red Cross for animals, distributing donations to established and vetted animal rescue organizations worldwide. Donations received during the ongoing crisis in Japan will be donated to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS), a coalition of three animal rescue groups that are on the ground providing rescue and supplies to animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
Finally, there is WorldVets.org (the non-human version of Doctors without Borders). They don't specifically have a donations for the Japan Earthquake fund, but they are on the ground working in affected areas.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
All translations copyrighted and owned by myself. All copyrights of their respective owners. No part of this web site may be produced, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE SITE has direct and credible online donation abilities.
The Humane Society International (HSI) is now prepared to accept donations for the welfare of animals affected by the recent disaster in Japan. Secure donations can be placed to their International Disaster Fund. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) finally has a fund specifically dedicated to fund rescue efforts in Japan. Accepting secure online donations through credit cards only.
CARE2.com has a a collection of links for donating offsite.
PETA is also finally on the ground in Japan and offering help. Onsite donation abilities.
A group of 3 local JAPAN animal welfare societies have created this site for donations. Credibility not assured.
FBCusa, the largest importer of American home products, food stuffs and various necessities for the foreigner in Japan has also opened up donations for pets. FBC is offering a way for you to purchase items that will go directly to shelters and those they identify with needs.
Global Animal Foundation functions like a Red Cross for animals, distributing donations to established and vetted animal rescue organizations worldwide. Donations received during the ongoing crisis in Japan will be donated to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support (JEARS), a coalition of three animal rescue groups that are on the ground providing rescue and supplies to animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami. (Paypal, in addition to credit cards, are accepted.)
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS) is a collaboration of three established and registered no kill animal rescue NPOs in Japan. The intention behind the creation of JEARS is to coordinate rescue and support efforts for animals in crisis due to the March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami in Northern Japan.
MANY ways to donate including tax deductible donations for US citizens.Finally, there is WorldVets.org (the non-human version of Doctors without Borders). They don't specifically have a donations for the Japan Earthquake fund, but they are on the ground working in affected areas.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
EVACing pets in JAPAN
Much to my disappointment, less than 20 hours after the first earthquake and tsunami waves, a reporter in the air reported spotting dogs left wandering around in the wreckage.
Japan is by far the far-most advanced? modernized? Asian country in terms of its attitude to non-human family members, but much like with Hurricane Katarina, animal companions are being abandoned at home to fend for themselves while their families flee to higher ground.
I will translate later today or this weekend, but this was posted for EVCing pets if u live in Japan:
http://pet-clinic.info/toppage/saigaijunbi.htm
#tsunami #pet #earthquake #emergency #evac
There is also a general disaster preparedness kit for FERRETS (list) compiled by the experienced members of F.E.R.R.E.T.
The American Humane Society offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets and livestock.
The ASPCA offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets.
The United Animal Nations also offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets. They also offer a wonderful list of sites to search for pet-friendly hotels covering the USA, Canada, and International hotels.
Pet Hotels / Boarding in Japan.
If you have lost your pet OR you have found a lost pet, here is a place where you can post the information sponsored by the Veterinarians Information Network.
It's all in Japanese so if you want to post, either send me a comment here (It won't post automatically. Confidentiality is respected.) or you can try google's web auto-translate.
FERRETS WORLD HELP on Facebook is a place to post and share SOS for ferrets (urgences, lost/found, etc... ) everywhere in all the languages.
May or may not have anything (so far nothing), but these are the two major Ferret Societies in Japan:
JFA (AFA counterpart in Japan)
IFS (International Ferret Society)
Please, PLEASE share any other information, suggestions, or notifications of dead links.
As any expat overseas knows, the only one helping us is US.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
All translations copyrighted and owned by myself. All copyrights of their respective owners. No part of this web site may be produced, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner.
Japan is by far the far-most advanced? modernized? Asian country in terms of its attitude to non-human family members, but much like with Hurricane Katarina, animal companions are being abandoned at home to fend for themselves while their families flee to higher ground.
I will translate later today or this weekend, but this was posted for EVCing pets if u live in Japan:
http://pet-clinic.info/toppage/saigaijunbi.htm
#tsunami #pet #earthquake #emergency #evac
There is also a general disaster preparedness kit for FERRETS (list) compiled by the experienced members of F.E.R.R.E.T.
The American Humane Society offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets and livestock.
The ASPCA offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets.
The United Animal Nations also offers a general list for disaster preparedness for general pets. They also offer a wonderful list of sites to search for pet-friendly hotels covering the USA, Canada, and International hotels.
Pet Hotels / Boarding in Japan.
If you have lost your pet OR you have found a lost pet, here is a place where you can post the information sponsored by the Veterinarians Information Network.
It's all in Japanese so if you want to post, either send me a comment here (It won't post automatically. Confidentiality is respected.) or you can try google's web auto-translate.
FERRETS WORLD HELP on Facebook is a place to post and share SOS for ferrets (urgences, lost/found, etc... ) everywhere in all the languages.
May or may not have anything (so far nothing), but these are the two major Ferret Societies in Japan:
JFA (AFA counterpart in Japan)
IFS (International Ferret Society)
Please, PLEASE share any other information, suggestions, or notifications of dead links.
As any expat overseas knows, the only one helping us is US.
Cheers! (^_-)-☆
Thanks again for stopping into my little corner of the 'net, and Happy Browsing!!
All translations copyrighted and owned by myself. All copyrights of their respective owners. No part of this web site may be produced, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner.
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