A maternity clothing brand creates a new device designed to help dogs and cats amid record temperatures in Japan.
A Tokyo clothing manufacturer has joined forces with veterinarians to create a wearable fan to help pets beat the heat.The idea follows Tokyo's record nine-day heatwave in JuneMaternity clothing brand Sweet Mommy has created an 85-gram battery-operated fan for dogs and cats to wear.Clothing brand president Rei Uzawa said the fans were designed for dogs and cats that could not shed their fur coats in Japan's blistering summer weather.
Tokyo recorded its longest heatwave on record in June, with temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius for nine days.Ms Uzawa said seeing her pet Chihuahua exhausted by the summer heat had motivated the invention. "There was almost no rainy season this year, so the hot days came early, and in that sense, I think we developed a product that is right for the market," she said.She said the fans were available in five different sizes and sold for 9,900 yen .Mami Kumamoto, who has a miniature poodle named Pudding and a terrier named Maco, said she usually used dry ice packs to keep her dogs cool.
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