Why oppose to rescuing sick/injured rabbits?

baby rabbit with broken foot

adult rabbit with swollen foot

3/3/25

What changed in the last 8 months since Ran chan was rescued?

Tourists’ behavior did not change. Nothing changed in the last 12 years. 

They feed raw vegetables and make them sick. They chase rabbits, step on them causing injuries. All these rabbits ultimately died.

What changed is behavior by specific people who regularly visit this island, called “usa katsu” (People involved in caring for rabbits)

Slanders by these people involved name calling such as North Korean abductor, killer, fraud, black ship (referring to Commodore Perry from USA), use of abducted rabbits for selling rabbits.

This smear campaign was far worse than bullying in schools and used SNS for manipulation. They post fake info about us and change setting not to allow us to make comments. They ask us questions and criticize we don’t even answer knowing we can’t.

You will never know what’s truth unless you can validate the truth yourself. 

Spiteful bullying out of the island reminds me of village ostracism.

We were watched by multiple people during our stay and created a bizarre scene.

They enforce gag order to other pro-rescue “usa katsu” by psychological pressure and concealed sick and injured rabbits. Brainwashing new “usa katsu”.All these sneaky moves done by people with love for rabbits.

They think they can protect their playground by destroying us. What about rabbits?

They should be negotiating with the Ministry of Environment and Takehara city to make changes for these rabbits instead of blocking us from rescue attempts.

We will continue our efforts for awareness of this exploitation of rabbits and no care in spite of sickness and injuries.

No efforts,  no change.