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Category Archive: Japan

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  1. Japan Admits Using Tsunami Disaster Relief Money to Fund Military Actions Against Unarmed Vegans

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    Filed under: Activism Hunting & Fishing Japan Sea Shepherd

    Some of our very best friends on earth, including my Darwin Animal Doctors nonprofit co-founder Andrea Gordon, are about to risk their lives, going on Sea Shepherd’s latest whale protection campaign in Antarctica, Operation Divine Wind. The odd thing is that a few months ago, after Japan ended its 2011 whaling season early due to Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activities, Japan announced it was halting its Antarctic whaling program indefinitely. So Operation Divine Wind technically should not have needed to happen. However, Japan’s Antarctic whaling program recently got an unexpected financial boost that allowed it to start up again this year. Specifically, Japan’s government took tsunami victim relief funding, and spent it on military funding for the Japanese whaling fleet.


    Japanese whalers fight Sea Shepherd Conservation Society volunteers. Copyright Sea Shepherd

    Japan took 2.28 billion yen ($29.4 million USD) that was raised and earmarked to help victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster, and used that money to beef up military security for the Japanese Antarctic whaling fleet, in order to combat Sea Shepherd volunteers. The Sea Shepherd flag ship, the Steve Irwin, cost less than two million USD total in comparison, although it has been successful thus far in repelling the military weaponry of the Japanese fleet anyway (which has included guns, grenades, and LRADs). But this new military funding taken from disaster relief funds dwarfs previous years’ military funding for the Japanese whaling fleet.

    The Japanese whaling fleet left port in Japan this week, and is on its way to Antarctica now. So the Sea Shepherd fleet, currently in Australia, will depart to protect whales from the whaling fleet in the next couple weeks.

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  2. Food! Film! Music! Prizes! Southpaw to Host Vegan Benefit for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue & Support and Americares on May 10th

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    Filed under: Booze Brooklyn Events Food Japan Music New York City
    Japan Benefit

    Illustration by Marcos Caceres

    Vegans are good at many things: eating, thinking, acting… We’re also pretty darn skilled at raising money. So, do your part and pack Southpaw in Park Slope, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, May 10th from 7:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M. for the Benefit for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support + Americares. (Please bring all of your non-vegan friends with you!)

    A wild variety of food and entertainment will be offered throughout the evening, so even the most difficult-to-please folks among us should find themselves having a really great time. The lineup includes:

    Proceeds from the benefit will support Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support, which coordinates relief efforts for animals in crisis, and Americares, which provides humanitarian aid such as emergency shelters and medical supplies.

    Buy your $15.00 tickets in advance or at the door!

    Sorry youngins’, this event is 18 and over. Bring your ID — it will be checked!

    Southpaw is located at 125 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY [map].

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  3. Adrien Zap of World Vets on Veterinary Relief Efforts in Post-Quake, Post-Tsunami Japan

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    Filed under: Companion Animals Health & Nutrition Japan
    Adrien Zap with Shane. Her Picasa page features many more pictures of Shane, as well as of Dr. Sasaki, shelters, veterinary facilities, successfully and unsuccessfully rescued animals, devastated areas, and much more.

    Adrien Zap with Shane. Her Picasa page features many more pictures of Shane, as well as of Dr. Sasaki, shelters, veterinary facilities, successfully and unsuccessfully rescued animals, devastated areas, and much more.

    Adrien Zap is a veterinary technician currently deployed in Sendai as part of World Vets’ efforts in Japan, working alongside Japanese Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS).

    Zap was also on the Haiti campaign that we helped fund through Sodopreca, and is a Darwin Animal Doctors volunteer.

    She’s kind of busy these days, so this interview is an edited combination of questions she answered specifically for us and some more general material she prepared.

    Big thanks to Tod Emko for facilitating this interview, and to everyone who contributed to World Vets at Vegan Drinks last week!

    How large is your team? How many other teams are there?

    Adrien Zap: Our team consisted of three volunteers – myself and two volunteers from Animal Friends Niigata, one of the three Japanese NGOs that comprise JEARS. Isabella Gallaon-Aoki is the founder and director of Animal Friends Niigata, and was the coordinator and translator of our trip to Sendai.

    World Vets now has a Japanese-born veterinarian, Dr. Koji, who will be in Japan long-term to coordinate ongoing efforts with JEARS and Japanese animal welfare groups, and will provide direct veterinary care to animals in need. We are also collaborating with Dr. Kazumasu Sasaki, a Japanese veterinarian in Sendai, who is providing veterinary and rescue support to his community.

    What types of injuries/conditions are most common amongst the rescued animals?

    The most common injuries we saw were wounds associated with tsunami/earthquake debris. The animals were well-cared for prior to the disaster, were in good body condition and well fed. Dog breeds such as Shiba Inus and Akitas are also very common in Japan, and their thick warm coats helped them survive outside in the cold temperatures prior to being rescued.
    Continue Reading…

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  4. Vegan Drinks XXXV, The Recap: Over $400 Raised For Japan Disaster Relief

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    Filed under: Booze Events Food Japan New York City SuperVegan Vegan Drinks
    Vegan Drinks March 2011

    The crowd, the signage & the DJ at the last Vegan Drinks! Pictures by the talented jesse.anne.o. View more images in the Vegan Drinks Flickr pool.

    Thank you for turning out in droves for the March 31st Vegan Drinks NYC benefit for World Vets and its disaster relief efforts in Japan. (Read our interview with Adrien Zap of World Vets, who traveled to Japan within hours of the earthquake and tsunami.) You raised over $400 by buying drinks and food and many, many raffle tickets. Congratulations to the winners and HUGE thanks to MooShoes, Terri and Angels & Kings Bar for generously donating prizes for the raffle.

    Extra special thanks to the talented Dj3dg and those organizations and individuals who made Shout-Outs:

    We’ll see you on April 28th for the next Vegan Drinks NYC at Angels & Kings Bar.

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  5. Vegan Drinks XXXV: Benefit for Japan on Thursday, March 31st

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    Filed under: Booze Events Food Japan New York City SuperVegan Vegan Drinks
    Vegan Drinks logo

    Next Vegan Drinks NYC is THIS Thursday, March 31st!

    Help us raise funds for World Vets’ Japan Disaster Relief efforts at this week’s Vegan Drinks NYC from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday, March 31st at Angels & Kings Bar in the East Village.

    Vegan Drinks will donate a portion of bar sales and all funds raised through the night’s raffle to World Vets.

    Raffle prizes include generous gift certificates donated by MooShoes ($75), Terri ($50) and Angels & Kings Bar ($50)! Tickets are $5 each. Bring lots of cash!

    Dj3dg (aka, Brian from the Ulster County SPCA) will keep us entertained with his record collection and the kitchen will keep us well fed. Menu items include a vegan burger deluxe platter (with or without vegan cheese + fries and coleslaw), crispy vegan chikkin’ tenders, Pittsburgh-style coleslaw, fries, hummus & chips, and good ol’ chips & salsa or guacamole.

    Drink Specials will include $2 off everything until 8pm; $1 off draft beers and well drinks from 8-9pm! And, we’ll be serving spiked Apple Cider, too! Folks who don’t drink alcohol are much beloved and also quite welcome, but you do have to be 21 to get in.

    Have you read the new and improved Vegan Drinks FAQ? Please read it, even if you’re a regular at our event.

    We’ll turn down the music around 8:30pm and encourage people to promote themselves, their groups and/or causes for 30 seconds. If you represent a veg*n or animal rights group, come prepared with your (very short!) spiel and literature.

    If you’re not already following our every move, connect with Vegan Drinks on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@vegandrinks), and join our e-mail list.

    Vegan Drinks NYC is usually held the last Thursday of the month from 7pm to 9pm at Angels & Kings, 500 East 11th Street (btw Ave A & Ave B), New York, NY 10009.

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