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Pet adoption in Japan
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My cousin and his wife are living in Japan right now helping with the cleanup and rebuild after the devastating earthquake/tsunami. My cousin's wife posted on Facebook that all of the cats they see for sale cost around $2000 in their area. Crazy!
It's too bad we can't ship all of the homeless kitties here over to Japan to replace the pets that were lost. 
She wants to get another cat because when they left Liberia last year they had to leave their adopted cat Steve behind when they moved to Japan. (They were actually very nervous that Steve would become someone's dinner.) :-(
Here is a Japanese kitty...
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Re: Pet adoption in Japan
Wow! The cat must be famous for that price!
Also, from what I remember from my aunt (who lived in Japan for 6 years) and my visit to Japan, pets are very rare. Especially cats. And if someone had a dog they were "de-barked" and couldn't make noise which I thought was AWFUL.
Pet shops are very expensive in Japan. Pets (especially small dogs) are actually pretty popular - especially in Tokyo - and they are almost always pure breeds.
There are almost no strays in Japan because stray animals are generally rounded up and killed - there is no shelter system. It is very upsetting, and a friend of mine in Japan actually set up a charity to try and create adoption avenues for stray animals.
Cats are sometimes found around shrines and temples, but they are cared for by the monks. Good suggestion about trying for a rehoming situation at a military base.
Wow, I didn't realize pets were so rare in Japan. I hope if your cousin does get another pet, they don't leave it behind in Japan too
This Japanese cat named Maru IS famous: http://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu