Making pet cafes safer


Purrfect Cat Cafe manager Eugene Hoe (centre) and customers attending to the cats at the cafe in Muntri Street. — Photos: ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star

PET cafes on Penang island will be required to have separate rooms for their guests to dine and handle the animals.

Outside pets will not be allowed in the cafes under the new ruling to be enforced by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) from Jan I.

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