Civilian Disaster Response Command for Animal Rescue (CDCA)
Civilian Disaster Response Command for Animal Rescue (CDCA)
Hitomi Nishizawa established Civilian Disaster Response Command for Animal Rescue (CDCA).
We, Inuneko Kyusainowa, support her!
From Website.
http://cdca.jp/
It’s been 5 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
It never ends in Fukushima.
We don’t abandon the animals left there.
It is important to make systems for saving animals in such disasters.
After 5 years of rescue experience in Iidate, Fukushima, we built on our combined experience by forming an organization capable of saving animals suffering from the disaster. Not just desk work, but direct, onsite field work.
We, Civilian Disaster Response Command for Animal Rescue (CDCA) have no connection with Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue.
About the difference from Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue, and why we established the new organization;
We are an organization that goes to the afflicted area and rescues animals, not just one doing office work.
Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, still now dogs and cats await our rescue.
There are also some people who take care of big animals like cattle, for which it is not possible to find foster families under such severe conditions.
After the disaster, though it was possible to save many afflicted animals, this was not done by the government, but rather, by concerned citizens. This is a man-made disaster.
We continued the activity in Iidate, Fukushima, with expectations of support from Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue, which aims to rescue afflicted animals.
However their activities are far from our activity.
We wonder if they have visited the afflicted area, if they know the present conditions and suffering of the animals, whether their supporting material and donations have been sent to people who really need it, and what their aim is.
If there are future disasters, similar issues will be of great concern.
We have to start from zero. But we want to make an organization which could support people who really need help saving animals.
We, Civilian Disaster Response Command for Animal Rescue (CDCA) have no connection with Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue.
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue is there to gather donations and support the local headquarters.
In the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an exception, they distributed donations to animal protection groups.
However they distributed enormous contributions to 3 groups in Fukushima without open public process.
These 3 groups didn’t go to rescue so many abandoned animals after they received this money.
The very opaque flow of contributions left a big problem.
We utilise our varied experience as one group, organizing a network system to rescue animals, and aim to enable the next generation’s continuation of practical activity.