Cats v. Birds in Japan: How to Reconcile Wildlife Conservation and Animal Protection
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Conservation and Animal Protection
MITSUHIKo A. TAKAHASHI*
CONTENTS
I. Introduction ............................................ 136
II. The Feral Cat Problem in Okinawa, Japan ....................... 136
A. Wildlife and Biodiversity of Okinawa ...................... 136
B. Threats to Biodiversity in Okinawa ........................ 138
C. Eradication Program and Opposition ....................... 139
III. Cultural Tendencies: The Coexistence of Man and Beast ........... 141
IV. Legal Issues Under Japanese Law ............................. 144
A. Animal Protection Law ................................ 144
B. Cat Control Ordinances ................................ 146
C. Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law ...................... 147
V. Comparative Analysis on Cat Control .......................... 148
A. Free Taking & No Protection: Wyoming's Wildlife Law ....... 149
B. Free Taking & No Protection: NSW, Australia's Game Act ..... 150
C. Cat Control Ordinances in the United States ................. 151
D. Lessons from Comparative Analysis ....................... 153
VI. Proposal for Cat Control in Okinawa .......................... 154
A. Cutting off the Supply ................................. 154
B. Promulgate Comprehensive Cat Management Ordinances ...... 155
C. Treatment of Feral Cats: Are There Alternatives to Killing? ..... 156
VII. Conclusion ............................................ 158
It shall be prohibited to leash a strayed cat, which is or might be owned by
another person.
Mbrike monjo'
* Ph.D. candidate at Waseda; Lecturer at Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University; L.L.B. Keio
1989, M.A. Waseda 2000, L.L.M. Lewis & Clark Law School 2004. The author is grateful to Laura Ireland
Moore and Holly Gibbons of the National Center for Animal Law at Lewis & Clark for their advice and
critiques to earlier versions of this article. The author is also grateful to the editors of the Georgetown
International Environmental Law Review for their zeal in tackling this piece, and the Fulbright Program for
assisting international research.
1. Mori-ke monjo [Records of the Mbri Clan], No. 1467, May 13, 1608, in 8, DAi NIHON KOMONJO, IEWAKE
pt. 4 (photo. reprint 1970) (Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku ed., 1924), 372 (This decree was promulgated by M6ri, a
daimyo, or feudal lord, of western Japan.).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/gintenlr17&div=12&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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