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Black side of Animal handling businesses

　 Nowadays, pet stores are facing the problem of not taking proper care of their animals because they are too busy looking for profit.
　In addition to the above, there is a lack of proper care for pets in backyards, such as keeping newly arrived puppies and kittens in small cages just barely big enough to hold them until they are ready to be sold. Or even giving medication to sick pets without calling a veterinarian, based on amateur judgment.
There have also been incidents of people taking in dogs and cats under the guise of a pet hotel, only to have them die due to mishandling.

　 Furthermore, until now, pet stores have been taking unsold animals to public health centers to be killed.
Since the law was amended, public health centers can now refuse to accept animals brought in by dealers, so superficially the number of animals killed has been greatly reduced.
　 The stores find place for unsold pets, but there is a problem with malicious dealers that take advantage of this.

Malicious Dealers

　A malicious dealer takes pets that cannot be kept anymore or pets that have been left unsold at pet stores, and for a certain amount of money, takes them in and cares for them or finds foster homes for them. However, the reality is that they are in this business for the money, and sometimes the pets they take in are thrown away, taken to public health centers, or left to die without being cared for. This is no different from killing pets.

　In one case, a kitten that was supposed to be in a foster home was lost, and when the person who surrendered the cat inquired about it, it was discovered that it had actually been abandoned. In order to eliminate such malicious dealers, the following law on the next page is expected to be applied.