- Hardcover: 266 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1 edition (19 Jan 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0230108946
- ISBN-13: 978-0230108943
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,182,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is a very important policy area that has not been addressed in the English-speaking world. The material in the opening chapter on the plight of zoo animals in Haiti, Baghdad, and Kabul puts the experiences of WWII zoos in Asia and Europe in a new light and makes one wonder whether humans ever learn from past mistakes. The author has done a wonderful job of researching and documenting this subject. I have absolutely no doubt that this is a definitive study in this area. It is simply one of the best researched and documented books I have ever seen and is truly an original piece of policy research."--Ronald Hrebenar, Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of Asian Studies, University of Utah
"This is an excellent account of a little known and sad aspect of zoo history. With a review of zoo history in Japan and the fate of zoo animals throughout the world during WW II, it puts the fate of Japanese zoos in context with unsettling detail. As a result of difficult and important research, the author has uncovered and presented the effects of war on yet another cultural institution, along with the lack of respect shown for these zoo collections and what the collections represented. It is a significant contribution to the field of zoo and aquarium history."--Vernon Kisling, Chair, Marston Science Library, University of Florida, and editor, "Zoo and Aquarium History"
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The Japanese government disposed of "dangerous animals" (not only carnivores but also herbivores, such as elephants) in zoos and circuses during World War II, including those in Japan's three "colonies" - Korea, Taiwan, and Manchukuo, Japan's puppet state in current Northeast China. Strangely, the "disposal order" was issued in August 1943, more than 15 months before U.S. B-29 air raids on Japan began. While some European zoos also destroyed their animals, none of the authorities in Europe enforced the disposal of zoo animals as systematically as the Japanese Home Ministry. No country conducted as nationwide and systematic a disposal of captive animals as Japan. This policy was an integral part of the Japanese government propaganda to mobilize the whole civilian population into total war, rather than for the ostensible purpose of public safety.
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I read this book as part of my research into how zoos survived wartime challenges around the world as part of the World War Zoo Gardens project here at Newquay Zoo [...] As I don't speak or read Japanese, this opened up a whole area of archives and experience. This book was a real eye opener, as it covers material outide the usual European focus. The subject matter is not comfortable, as Mayuni Itoh explores the strange decision behind the disposal orders covering the forced euthanasia of large zoo animals in Japanese zoos and the staff reaction. She sets this in context expploring in summary what happened in other zoos around the world. Valuable and original research
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