The company Nora Neko Bank has launched in Japan a subscription call Neko Hodaiwhich enables adopt and return all the cats whatever you want, for less than 3 euros per month. No limits and no additional charges.
As expected, this cat subscription call Neko Hodai It has caused a huge controversy on social media. Many have described it as “immoral” and “animal abuse”, since cats are not toys or merchandise, and they get quite stressed if they continually change houses.
He also did not like the name, since “Hodai” in Japanese is associated with expressions “all you can eat” or “all you can drink”. A kind of all you can eat buffet.
The subscription to adopt and return cats
What is behind this this strange proposal? Well, doing a little research, it seems that there is no bad intention nor desire to earn money marketing with catsbut yes a very bad idea proposed.
Nora Neko Bank it’s kind of company / foundation / NGO who is dedicated to collect cats from the streets to give them a home:
They have collected thousands, and have no place to care for them all. So they came up with this subscription, which is actually meant for old people.
Many older people do not have animals because, if they die, no one will take care of them. With this subscription, you can adopt a cat without remorseand if they die or can’t take care of it, they give it back to the company, and they will either take care of it or give it to someone else.
It is also intended for people who soon get tired of animals and then lthey leave you in the street. Instead of releasing them around, they return them to the shelter and that’s it.
On the other hand, with the subscription itself they do not earn money, since it is only 2.7 euros per month. The objective of this Neko Hodai is to facilitate that cats are adopted, because they know that most people will not return them. And within all the bad things, it is better for them to go from house to house than to be on the street or piled up in the shelter.
So it doesn’t seem like there’s any bad intention, but there is a very bad approach.
In any case, this subscription Neko Hodai for adopt and return cats no limit, never going to get going. He had planned to start on January 15, but a release issued by Nora Neko Bank indicates that “the demand has been so high, that there would be no cats left to tradeSo they unsubscribe and are going to rethink how to do it.
