I met amazing animal activist Ren Yabuki in Japan. At an amazing vegan restaurant called Ain Soph Journey in Tokyo, with delicious organic pancakes and all, lunch with him was inspiring.
Ren spent years rescuing and protecting abandoned animals left in radiated Fukushima areas.
He cares for abandoned dogs & cats in his hometown shelter in Nagano, investigates animal welfare violations, teaches and talk at schools, and takes other actions to protect wildlife.
And...with partnership with a resident of Taiji, this brave vegan man just filed a suit against dolphin hunt in Taiji!
This is huge. The very first legal challenge in attempt to abolish dolphin slaughter is about to begin in Japan. Thank you LIA and AFD and people who made it happen.
You can view the press conference here;
http://blog.livedoor.jp/liablog/archives/1928534.html
(Photo: Their signs say; (R)Dear Governor of Wakayama Prefecture; Revoke dolphin hunt permission as it violates animal welfare act & Fisheries act (L)Let the Dolphins ❤️Be wild)
(Photo: at anti whaling demo held in Shibuya, Tokyo)
Ren has also blew the whistle on Japanese government's spending of 2.3 billion yen ($20M) from "Post-Earthquake and Tsunami Reconstruction budget" on Japan's Research Whaling in Southern Ocean!
His NGO organization Life Investigate Agency (LIA) has accused the Fisheries Agency executives as a criminal case.
"Fisheries Agency Lawsuit！: Money for Whaling, Not Tsunami Victims?”
http://blog.livedoor.jp/liablog/archives/1928425.html
These are the examples of things this small group of people have done that nobody else has done before in Japan. It is truly a game changer.
These people, with passion and dedication, make this world a better place for all animals, and it is contagious.
Check out Ren and LIA (Life Investigate Agency).
https://ngo-lia.org/en_about.php
LIA (Life Investigate Agency)の代表ヤブキレンさんに会いました！素敵な方でした。
賢く、行動力があり、心と笑顔の優しい人。
声をあげられない動物のために全力を尽くしておられます。
彼のように命や自然を守りたいという情熱をみんなが持ったなら地球はどんなに愛に包まれた美しい惑星になることでしょう、そんなことを考えた昼下がり。
LIAは和歌山県知事を相手に、太地町の「イルカ猟許可取り消し訴訟」を提訴したところです。
残酷なイルカ追い込み猟に裁判で立ち向かう初めてのケース！「動物愛護法違反」と「漁業法違反」を論法にこれから裁判が始まります。
http://blog.livedoor.jp/liablog/archives/1928121.html
そして、レンさんは【東日本大震災復興資金流用問題】も刑事告発してくれた方です。
東日本大震災の被害者たちがまだ苦しんでいるというのに、彼らのための復興予算が関係ない政府事業に使われるなんて。
震災復興予算の約23億円が、日本から遥か離れた南極海での捕鯨業務に注入されたことを知っていますか。
NGO団体LIAが、この重大な問題を警視庁に刑事告発！
http://blog.livedoor.jp/liablog/archives/1918735.html
LIA (Life Investigation Agency)のホームページ
https://ngo-lia.org/jp_about.php