Examination

In spring term, I examined about situations of pet in America at class. I was very sorry that we couldn't go America because of Flu. I will intoroduce the result of my examination.



I examined about situations of pet in America. I like animals so I am interested in situations of pet in America. I researched mainly about what is popular pet and thought of their pets in America, health centre and pet shops, and facility for pets. I’ll show these topics with comparing to Japan.

First topic is popular pets and thoughts of their pets. Dogs are most popular pet in both America and Japan. This is the ranking of popular dogs in America recently. First place is Labrador Retrievers, second place is Yorkshire Terriers, and third place is German shepherd. On the other hand, this is the ranking of poplar dogs in Japan. First place is Chihuahua, second place is poodle, and third place is miniature dachshund. This result shows that American like great dogs and Japanese like miniature dogs. The regulation for pets in America is easier than Japan. So it is not small that people who have rare pets. Reptiles are popular pet in America. For example snakes, lizards, or miniature crocodiles. The insect, for example spiders are also popular pets. However, the most popular rare pet is animals of the cat family, for example tigers. Recently, monkeys or chimpanzees are rising popularity. By the way, there are families of 62 percent have pets. 40 million families have dogs and 34 million families have cats. According to the questionnaire, dogs of 74 percent and cats of 66 percent are thought like master’s real children by their master. So dogs of 66 percent have Christmas presents every year. In each year, masters use about 405 dollar for their dogs and 371 dollar for their cats.

Second topic is health center and pet shops. In Japan, when you want to have pets, you may go pet shop. It is natural for Japanese to buy pets at pet shop. However, there are not animals in pet shop in America. Exceptional instance, it may sell small animals like hamster. American pet shops usually sell only pet stores such as pet foods or toys. When they want to have pet especially dogs and cats, they go animal shelter or given by animal lover. Then, I’ll tell you about animal protection groups of Japan and America. In Japan, There are only health center that place protect animals. Japanese animal protection groups don’t work well. In America, there are many animal protection groups and it is more strict American law for pets than Japan one. In America, there are animal shelters. It like health center in Japan but animal shelters manage by volunteer. Also, the difference between health center and animal shelter is all animals wait for foster parents in animal shelters. Another, there are animal police in America. It is not in Japan. When animal police find lost animals or abandoned animals, they take animals to animal shelter. Also, when animal police find cruelty to animals, they warn master or arrest master.

Final topic is facilities for pets. You can see many people who take their dogs in America. So there are many café and restaurant which permitted masters into with their pets. They can eat lunch or rest with their pets. These café or restaurant also have menu for pets. American masters enjoy relax time with their pet or talk with circle of pet masters. Pet cafés are also have in Japan but number of shops are fewer than America. In America, there are many facilities for pet. There are many dog ran spots, beauty salon for pets, pet washer and so on. Many American have great dogs but there is no place that they can wash their dogs. Pet washer is the place to master wash their great dogs. I think that these facilities make masters and pets comfortable.

America is pet advanced nation. America has strict law for pets and many animal protection groups. I think that many Americans have pets because America has firmed rule. What’s more, the regulations of pet’s kind are easy so there are many people who have rare pets. However, the most popular pet in America is dogs. Americans especially like great dogs. It is said that the reason why Americans like great dogs, most of American families have large garden. Dogs can run freely there. I think that there are many people who are animal lover because animal shelters manage volunteers. The working expenditure is all donations and fund-raising. It is no custom to buy pets at pet shop in America. However, most Japanese go pet shop when they buy pet. Japanese tend to choose ‘cute’ pet, that is to say it make a point of looks. I think Japan has to model American animal protections.

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