A study of 136 websites and 301 social media accounts to tally the number of such animal cafes in Japan, and the species kept on their premises, turned up some surprising findings. The survey ...

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Sophie Mo’unga from New Zealand, in Japan with her husband and ... Her group mainly opposes animal experiments and “petting zoos”. Cafes tend to be tiny and don’t provide enough of a ...

The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator ... is the latest in a series of animal coffee shops that have popped up in Japan, including ones that feature ...