Captured pets on Okinawa face uncertain future

310 views · Published 22 December 2012 · 1:27 · Indexed 5 October 2026

Channel: Stars and Stripes · 2012 · Pets & Animals

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A mixed Maltese dog, caged in December 2012 at the Prefectural Animal Protection and Control Center on Okinawa, Japan, had an implanted microchip indicating she was registered to a member of the local military community. Often, however, pets captured by local animal control are destroyed within days without the knowledge of the military base personnel who own the pets.

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