Iwate zoo grapples with backlash over animal euthanasia program Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Tsunenori Tsujimoto, zoo director of Zoomo, speaks in front of rabbit cages about animal euthanasia in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on April 14. | KYODO Kyodo May 23, 2021 Morioka, Iwate Pref. – A zoo in Iwate Prefecture has aroused a strong response from the public — mostly criticism — after taking the rare step of announcing in March that it had euthanized 15 rabbits last December that had difficulty recovering from a contagious disease.