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Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War II

Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy: The Silent Victims of World War II

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This book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.

Keywords

ZOO ANIMALSANIMAL WELFAREWORLD WAR, 1939-1945_MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTSWAR VICTIMSJAPAN_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

2011Book

Author(s)Mayumi Itoh

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN9780230108943

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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