A Sabah pet cafe gives children a chance to get up-close with exotic animals


Pius (seated far right) with his team at The Noah. — Photos: The Noah

IT ALL started when lawyer Aaron Mark Pius, 31, got himself his first exotic pets – a chinchilla and a prairie dog – and set them up in a cosy hutch in his garage, at his home in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam.

It wasn’t long before the charm of his adorable companions extended beyond the confines of his home.

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