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The government didn't even try to save the animals. They just wanted to kill them. I am filled with rage.

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Masami Yoshizawa, a rancher in Namie within the 20-km evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He has defied government orders to euthanize more than 200 of his cows. (ABC News)

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Emotions for animal love or Yen but no logic to what Masami is saying.

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The animals should have been put down.

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Rage becoz..... the govt didnt offer a big enough payoff for killing them of course. He wanted to save them for what? Tasty Burgers?

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They just killed what was going to be food anyway.

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The cattle were raised for Wagyu beef for $13000/head. Mr Yoshizawa negotiated with scientist that cattle would be used for study of the effects of the radiation, but the government denied the study.

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