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Japanese "Rabbit Island" Ōkunoshima
Ōkunoshima, also known as Rabbit Island, is home to more than 700 furry creatures, which are free to roam the area and happy to contact with people. < Website tells the amazing island.
Initially Ōkunoshima was an ordinary island, which is inhabited by three families of fishermen. During the Second World War there was a top-secret military base engaged in the production of toxic gases is used as a chemical weapon by the Japanese Imperial Army.
In 1925, Japan signed the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of toxic chemical or bacteriological substances during hostilities. However, they did not stop to make.
Japan has tried in every way to hide the existence of the plant from all over the world, because the glory of the manufacturer's banned weapons hardly would benefit the state. The government concealed the fact of all the forces of production of poisonous gases.
At the end of the war the laboratory for the production of poison gas was burned, along with all the evidence relating to the once existing plant, the documents were destroyed, disposed of chemicals, and all residents and workers left the island, promising to remain silent.
The appearance of the rabbits on the island has two theories. According to the first version, the animals were brought to the Ōkunoshima even during World War II to test the effectiveness of poison gas. However, Mr. Murakami, a former director of the Museum of poisonous gas, argues that all experimental animals were killed after the burning plant. The second version says that the first 8 rabbits in 1971 on an absolutely lifeless island brought on a tour of the students who came, after which animals are bred to an incredible amount.
Despite the fact that the animals are wild, they are quite tame and without fear welcome tourists, leaping to her knees and taking a gift all sorts of treats. Visitors Ōkunoshima allowed to feed and touch the animals.
Currently, Rabbit Island is very popular among tourists and annually receives about 100 thousand visitors.
The ruins of ancient fortresses and chemical laboratories are found all over the island, the entrance there because of the possible danger of trespassing, but next to them there is nothing that could stop the curious tourists.
Rumor has it that there are some plant workers sealed caches of chemical weapons.
via udivitelno.com/animals/item/747-okunosima-ostrov-krolikov-v-yaponii-35-foto
Initially Ōkunoshima was an ordinary island, which is inhabited by three families of fishermen. During the Second World War there was a top-secret military base engaged in the production of toxic gases is used as a chemical weapon by the Japanese Imperial Army.
In 1925, Japan signed the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of toxic chemical or bacteriological substances during hostilities. However, they did not stop to make.
Japan has tried in every way to hide the existence of the plant from all over the world, because the glory of the manufacturer's banned weapons hardly would benefit the state. The government concealed the fact of all the forces of production of poisonous gases.
At the end of the war the laboratory for the production of poison gas was burned, along with all the evidence relating to the once existing plant, the documents were destroyed, disposed of chemicals, and all residents and workers left the island, promising to remain silent.
The appearance of the rabbits on the island has two theories. According to the first version, the animals were brought to the Ōkunoshima even during World War II to test the effectiveness of poison gas. However, Mr. Murakami, a former director of the Museum of poisonous gas, argues that all experimental animals were killed after the burning plant. The second version says that the first 8 rabbits in 1971 on an absolutely lifeless island brought on a tour of the students who came, after which animals are bred to an incredible amount.
Despite the fact that the animals are wild, they are quite tame and without fear welcome tourists, leaping to her knees and taking a gift all sorts of treats. Visitors Ōkunoshima allowed to feed and touch the animals.
Currently, Rabbit Island is very popular among tourists and annually receives about 100 thousand visitors.
The ruins of ancient fortresses and chemical laboratories are found all over the island, the entrance there because of the possible danger of trespassing, but next to them there is nothing that could stop the curious tourists.
Rumor has it that there are some plant workers sealed caches of chemical weapons.
via udivitelno.com/animals/item/747-okunosima-ostrov-krolikov-v-yaponii-35-foto
