「りぶ ･ らぶ ･ あにまるず 第４回神戸すべての生き物のケアを考える国際会議 2015」抄録巻頭挨拶

Live Love Animals ICAC KOBE 2015
The 4th Kobe International Conference on the Care for All Creatures 2015 Opening Address
公益社団法人 日本動物福祉協会 理事長・山下 眞一郎

Shin-ichiro YAMASHITA,Chairperson, Japan Animal Welfare Society (JAWS)

阪神淡路大震災から早 20 年。その間、いくつもの大動物は、その生死・心身の健康もすべて人に委ねられてきな地震や噴火災害、豪雨等に見舞われてきました。そおり、道義的責任は人にあります。彼らが本来必要としして、2011 年には「東日本大震災」という未曾有の災ているもの（ニーズ）を満たし、健康・衛生・環境をしっ害が起こり、多くの人命と動物の命も失われました。自かり管理して多大なストレスなく心身の健康を保つこと

然災害に人災が加わったために、何重もの苦難に直面し、は、動物たちの福祉を守るだけでなく、彼らから恩恵をやっと復興に向かって歩み始めたところです。阪神淡路受けている私たち人間にも影響があります。人は豊かさ

大震災では、国、自治体、民間が一丸となり、必死に命を求めて国土を開発し、生活が豊かになるにつれ、動物を守るために活動しました。「ボランティア元年」と呼ばを本来いるべき野生環境から全く異なる環境に移動させれたのもその表れです。活動の対象は人だけではありまて来ました。これらのことが、野生の生態系を破壊し、せん。人と共に暮らすコンパニオン・アニマルから人が人との軋轢を生み、今、国としての対応を迫られるとこ命をいただいている産業動物をはじめとして人の社会にろまで来ています。

組み込まれている動物に対しても多くの手が差し伸べられました。

人も動物も同じ地球上の住人です。「人か動物か」ではなく、現状把握・データの収集分析・研究に基づき、人人とコンパニオン・アニマルはしっかりと心の絆で結の英知を終結して「人も動物も共に幸せに生きる地球―ばれていますので、人を救うには共に暮らす動物を切りOne World, One Life」を目指すことが、我々人間に課さ離して考えることはできません。動物の福祉が確保されれた使命だと思います。この国際会議がその第一歩になることによって、人の心身の福祉が推進されるのです。

ることを期待しています。

また、人がいろいろな形で利用するために飼養している

Already 20 years have passed, since Hanshin Awaji
Earthquake disaster occurred. Since then we experienced
several big earthquakes, localized heavy rains. And in 2011,that big earthquake hit badly East Japan, many people andanimals lost their lives. The worst earthquake we have everseen. Because of the man-made nuclear disaster, we wereforced to face many hardships, and finally we were able tostart for a recovery. After Hanshin Awaji Earthquake , thegovernment, local governments, and people all united andworked together. That is why we call that year, 1995, as “Thefirst year of volunteer”. We are working not only for humanbeings but also for various animals, from companion animals
with which we live together to animals which are involved
deep in our human society, like, cattle by which we are fed.
Human beings and companion animals are united byheart, so called Kizuna in Japanese. So we cannot separate
those animals from the owners when we are to help orsave those owners Guaranteeing animal welfare, we canpromote both the spiritual and physical welfare of humanbeing. And regarding animals, since we own them for many
purposes, all their lives are entrusted to us and we have
ethical responsibilities. We have to satisfy them by providingthem all what they need, and manage their health, sanitarycondition, living environment in a decent manner without
giving unnecessary stress and have to keep them in a healthy
condition in both mentally and physically. It is very important
not only for the animals but also for us, because we enjoy thebenefits from it. We have been developing our land seeking
economic richness, and as our daily life has been becomingrich we have been moving animals from their natural living
environment which they need desperately to a quite different
one. By doing so we have been destroying natural ecologicalsystem, causing a friction between animals and human beingsand now we have to face it from the national point of view tosolve the problem.
Human being and animal are both creatures living onearth. It is not a matter of “human being OR animal”. We
have to learn what is going on accurately, gather enoughdata, analyze it. And based on the result, putting our wisdom
together, it is our duty to march forward to the goal, “OneWorld, One Life”, the earth on which both human being andanimal live together happily. And I hope strongly that thisinternational conference should be the very first step for thegoal.

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