Title: Japanese wartime zoo policy
Description: 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.
Subjects: Politics and government, War victims, World War, 1939-1945, History, Zoo animals, Animal welfare, Effect of human beings on, World war, 1939-1945, moral and ethical aspects, Japan, politics and government, Moral and ethical aspects, Area studies, Cultural policy, Culture, Study and teaching, Ethnology, Military, World War II, International relations, Political planning, Political science
Places: Japan
Time periods: 1926-1945, 20th century