If you can't keep a dog or cat

Animal owners must strive to keep them for life (to keep them properly until they reach their lifespan).
Please keep it responsibly until the end.
If you are unable to keep them for unavoidable reasons, look for a new owner.
Picking animals is the last resort after trying to keep them and finding a new owner.

If you are unable to keep animals due to unavoidable circumstances and cannot find a transfer destination, please consult with your Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division in your ward.
In the case of dogs or cats, the city may pick up animals for a fee after consultation in advance, but for the following reasons (*) may be refused (animals that can no longer be kept except dogs or cats) We do not take care of).
Dogs and cats that have been collected once cannot be returned in principle.
※The Act on the Protection and Management of Animals has been amended, and prefectures can now refuse to pick up dogs or cats if the following items apply.
（１） When a dog or cat dealer asks you to pick it up
（２） When the collection is repeatedly requested.
（３） When a puppy or kitten is requested to be picked up, and if you do not respond to guidance to take breeding restrictions.
（４） When a dog or cat is required to be picked up due to reasons such as aging or illness, or for reasons that it is not deemed difficult to breed the dog or cat.
（５） If you have not been working to find a new owner in advance when requesting a pickup.

Please consult with Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division in your ward.
If you bring animals to the animal protection center without prior consultation, we may refuse, so be sure to consult in advance.

Dogs or cats older than 91 days　：　4,000 yen per animal
Dogs or cats less than 91 days old　：　1,000 yen per animal

It is a crime to abandon (discard) an animal because it can no longer be kept.
The Act on the Protection and Management of Animals stipulates that those who abandon (discard) a protected animal shall be punished with imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 1,000,000 yen.