Investigates the policy of the Japanese government toward the animals of Fukushima and the voluntary animal rescue work that filled the void left by the government
Offers a dedicated insight into the individual fates of a number of animals in the aftermath of the disaster
Illustrates the problem of the conflict between the goals of neoliberalism and those of environmental and animal protection
This book is the first comprehensive, in-depth English language study of the animals that were left behind in the exclusion zone in the wake of the nuclear meltdown of three of the four reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011, triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake of magnitude 9.0.The Japanese government designated an area of 20-kilometer radius from the nuclear power station as an exclusion zone and evacuated one hundred thousand residents, but left companion animals and livestock animals behind in the radioactive area. Consequently, about 90 percent of the animals in the exclusion zone died. This book juxtaposes policies of the Japanese government toward the animals in Fukushima with the actions of grassroots volunteer animal rescue groups that filled the void of the government.
