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東京的愛貓咖啡屋可能因保護動物權法規而經營不下去。
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下班了，到「愛貓咖啡屋」坐坐，一手端著卡布奇諾，另一手撫摸著靜臥膝上的寵物貓，有說不出的愜意。日本近年興起的「愛貓咖啡屋」是人們放鬆的好所在，然而動物保護人士認為這種經營型態是在剝削貓咪，即將於6月1日實施的法規可能讓愛貓咖啡屋難以為繼。
32歲的吉田申二是東京池袋一家愛貓咖啡屋的經理。店裡鋪著地毯，13隻貓可以在店內隨意走動，跳上跳下。吉田說：「我要求客人不要在貓咪睡著時摸牠們，晚上我們會把燈光調暗。」
愛貓咖啡屋通常禁止客人自帶食物餵貓，有的要求感冒客人不得入店消費，有一家店甚至要客人進店時先脫鞋，用洗手乳洗淨雙手，以防貓咪染上病菌。
然而動物保護人士認為，愛貓咖啡屋的貓咪承受過多壓力，為此向日本環境省遞交請願書。動物保護人士山口千鶴子說：「這些貓從早到晚被不認識的人撫摸，這是真正的壓力。」環境省收到超過15萬份的請願書後，修訂了動物保護法。新法規將在今年下半年生效，主要針對東京鬧區的寵物店，規定晚上8點到次日早上8點不能在公共場合展示寵物貓和寵物狗。
吉田申二訴苦說，他的客人八成是上班族，花大把時間通勤、白天辛勞工作，晚上才能順道來店放鬆，新法規實行後，他必須在生意最好時就關門，「這對我們來說是巨大打擊，我的小店很快就會賠錢。」不少顧客也說，吸引他們光顧的正是可愛的貓咪，一旦沒有貓咪，他們很可能不會來喝咖啡了。
Questions:
1. Are the cats in the cafe being exploited?
2. The article mentioned, "不少顧客也說，吸引他們光顧的正是可愛的貓咪，一旦沒有貓咪，他們很可能不會來喝咖啡了。".
Do you think these customers morally wrong should they patronise only if
there are cats to "serve" them?
3. "新法規將在今年下半年生效，主要針對東京鬧區的寵物店，規定晚上8點到次日早上8點不能在公共場合展示寵物貓和寵物狗。". Do you
support such legislation?
(From : H Wan)
1. Are the cats in the cafe being exploited?
2. The article mentioned, "不少顧客也說，吸引他們光顧的正是可愛的貓咪，一旦沒有貓咪，他們很可能不會來喝咖啡了。".
Do you think these customers morally wrong should they patronise only if
there are cats to "serve" them?
3. "新法規將在今年下半年生效，主要針對東京鬧區的寵物店，規定晚上8點到次日早上8點不能在公共場合展示寵物貓和寵物狗。". Do you
support such legislation?
(From : Davy Lee)
回覆刪除(1)I think the cats are exploited,just like animal shows, whereby the owners of the animals just use the animals as money-earning tools. Applying the concept of equal consideration of interests to the cats,I agree that in allowing strangers to touch the cats will create some sort of threats or, at least discomfort to the cats.
(2)True animal lovers will agree not to touch the cats as a stranger. The coffee shop owner can show the cats' movies or pictures in the coffee shop, instead of putting the cats in there.
(3)The law shall ban it the whole day.
This "cat-cafe" is a funny place for cat-lovers (male and female, old and young) but the atmosphere as described sounds like that in a pussycat night-club, only that we do not have club-girls (no club-boys normally), but club-cats (male and female, or neutered) instead.
回覆刪除To nightclub, only male guests are welcomed. To this "cat-cafe", I guess ALL (male and female) are welcomed.
Night-clubs operate their business all night through.
This "cat-cafe" also operates all night through.
Are club-girls exploited in night-club all night through?
If yes,
Club-cats in "cat-cafe" are also exploited all night through.
But night-clubs are legally allowed in Tokyo and Hong Kong,
so we can only assume there is no illegal exploitation of club-girls.
If club-girls are not exploited,
then
why are these "club-cats" exploited?
Don'y forget that:
(1) Equality of animals is assumed is animal ethics.
(2) Cats normally stay awake at night, never feel sleepy at night. If club-girls who may feel sleepy at night are not supposed to be exploited, how can we conclude that club-cats are exploited.
(3) If club-girls have to welcome and even have sex with all kinds of stranger-guests without complaint of any exploitation, why "club-cats" should be expected to rasie complaint of exploitation when these club-cats only need to welcome stranger- guests during their normally active hours and in fact, WITHOUT sex?
[A] Therefore Davy's point (1) is only personal speculation, without logical proof and support.
[B] (a)Davy loves to love cats in virtuality. This is Davy's personal taste only.
(b)Those who can only pursue Plato's love have no right to forbid other people to physically feel and touch their beloved (be they club-girls or club-cats). T
(c)Therefore Davy's point (2) is not fair or reasonable.
[C] Luckily Davy is NOT our law-maker. If there is no law to ban night-clubs, why should there be law to ban this "cat-cafe"?
Summing up in answering the questions:-
(1)Are the cats in the cafe being exploited?
NO, definitely not.
(2)Do you think these customers morally wrong?
Of course not. They come with love, in love, and without making love. They are lovely people.
(3)"cats to "serve" them?"
It is just the opposite. The cat-lovers come to serve the cats! A cat's physical presence does not mean the cat's mind is there.
(4)Do you support such legislation?
(a) We have to understand that no employers like to see that their employees back to office in the morning without sleep at night. The government is supported by big corporations (big employers). If the "cat-cafe" becomes such a popular place all night through, no people can work properly in the daytime.
(b) Therefore it is just a pretext on protection of cats. Both cats and the cafe owner are scapegoats only. Forbidding the business operation of "cat-cafe" is against human right!
我同意每日被不同人撫摸已經為CATS帶來很大的壓力。這些愛CATS人士可能忘記了一點, 他們很喜歡撫摸CATS, 不代表CATS也喜歡被撫摸, 尤其一堆對CATS而言只是陌生人。對著自己喜愛的動物可以減壓、放鬆心情, 這完全是從人的觀點出發, 但對CATS而言可能和被虐待一樣, 是肉體和心理難受的差別。這樣CAFE還可以稱為愛CATS CAFE 嗎?
回覆刪除我認為人和動物, 即使是一直飼養的寵物的習性不盡一樣, 有時人以為是愛的表現可能是相信, 所以我一直有個疑問:究竟飼養動物並使其失去其野外謀生的能力, 算不算是一種"虐待"動物的行為?
Marie,
回覆刪除It seems you do not understand 「貓性」。
貓是相當喜歡及享受在「自已人」、訪客、甚至是陌生人腳下來回穿梳作8字形貼身走來走去、不停miao... miao..., 只耍它們有mood, 就樂此不疲！
Please do not assume that man can force a cat to be caressed. You can't unless the cat is in the mood to let you caress it.
What you worry about is unnecessary and not true. Sorry.
This question is similar to but another version of Q2: Do you think one morally wrong should one study in LnU (instead of BU, CU) just because LnU has cats on campus to make friends with (whereas BU, CU do not have any)?
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