OSAKA — The Osaka Municipal Government has ordered a person who repeatedly fed pigeons and crows within the metropolis to cease, claiming that the conduct is damaging the encompassing setting, town introduced on April 23.
According to the municipal authorities, that is the primary such order in Japan involving wild animals. For greater than a decade, the individual has fed pigeons and crows round JR Abikocho Station and Osaka Metro Nagai Station in Osaka’s Sumiyoshi Ward, inflicting noise from their calls and fecal harm. Numerous complaints from native residents have been filed over the problem.
Since 2022, the municipal authorities has repeatedly requested them to cease feeding the birds. However, the state of affairs didn’t enhance, main town to concern a cease-and-desist order on April 17 based mostly on the animal welfare legislation.
The order is in impact from April 23 this 12 months to April 30, 2025. If it’s not complied with, town plans to file legal fees in opposition to the individual feeding the birds for allegedly violating the animal welfare legislation, which can lead to a high quality of as much as 500,000 yen (about $3,230).
(Japanese authentic by Takuya Suzuki, Osaka City News Department)
