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Researchers have found hundreds of different species of birds, reptiles, and mammals at 142 animal cafes in Japan, including some that are critically endangered and those that are prohibited from international trade
It’s possible to enjoy a coffee while an owl perches on your head in Japan. But visitors may not realise many such cafes put their own and public health at risk.
Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes.