MAEBASHI — A person in his 60s discovered residing with round 180 cats was summarily indicted for violating Japan’s animal safety legislation and slapped with a fantastic of 200,000 yen (round $1,370), the Mainichi Shimbun has realized.
The man was discovered hoarding the animals at his home in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, in September 2022. Following a abstract indictment by the Takasaki Local Public Prosecutors Office dated July 31, the person was handed a abstract order dated Aug. 10.
Gunma Wannyan Network, a nonprofit organization (NPO) in Takasaki, has to date spayed or neutered all of the felines saved by the person, and brought in a minimum of 40 of them. According to the NPO, the person nonetheless lives with about 130 cats whereas being supplied with cat meals and toiletries.
(Japanese unique by Azusa Hinata, Maebashi Bureau)