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ALIVE
All Life In a Viable Environment
5-18-10-102, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0021
Japan
Tel.+81-3-5978-6272
Fax..+81-3-5978-6273
Anti Vivisection Action Network
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Signature Campaign for Revising
the "LAW CONCERNING THE PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMALS
"
Dear Members
of the House of Representatives & Members
of the House of Councilors
The types of animals kept by people are categorized as companion animals,
animals for exhibitions, animals for experimentation, farm animals and
so on. Protecting these animals from cruelty and keeping them under proper
conditions is our duty. For this purpose the Law Concerning the Protection
and Control of Animals was established. This is the only law in Japan
which is actually concerned with protecting animals kept by people. However,
compared with animal protection laws in other countries, it clearly lacks
concreteness and has not been very effective.
For these reasons, in December 1999 this law was revised to reflect the
concerns of Japanese citizens. Many important issues such as the licensing
of animal dealers and the regulation of experimentation using animals,
which were requested before the previous revision, were not included
then.
Consequently, a supplementary provision was added that this law be revised
again 5 years after it was put into effect.
Therefore, we hereby strongly request that the following issues be included
in the coming revision 2005:
1. Clarification of the definition of animal abuse.
2. Broadening
the categories of animals
to which animal abuse
is to be applied to all
vertebrate animals.
3. Regulation
of experimentation using
animals (including regulation
and investigation of
the actual conditions
of experimentation, such
as facilities, experimenters,
the number of animals
used, types of animals,
and purposes of experimentation).
4. Broadening
the definition of animal
dealers (including facilities
which sell animals for
experimentation purpose,
those which deal with
farm animals, and those
which deal with horses
for riding).
5. Establishment
of a licensing system
for animal dealers which
would make it possible
to examine their licenses
and suspend their business
in case of violation.
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