Animal Welfare Rules Quiz: Advanced Level

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1. When an owner recognises a risk that their dogs or cats will multiply unchecked and can no longer be cared for properly, which is the legal rule on measures to prevent breeding?

   • The owner should make an effort to take such measures
   • The owner must take such measures
   • The Act says nothing in particular about this

2. When a veterinarian, in the course of their work, finds an animal that appears to have been abused, which does the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals name as the body to report to?

   • The prefectural governor
   • The Minister of the Environment
   • The local veterinary association

3. Which does Kitakyushu City give as an example of when it will, in principle, refuse to take in a dog from its owner?

   • When the owner has died and there is no one who can keep caring for the elderly dog
   • When the owner is in hospital for a long time and there is no one who can keep caring for the dog
   • When the dog has grown old and ill and the family can no longer keep caring for it

4. In fiscal 2024, roughly what share of Japan's registered dogs received a rabies vaccination?

   • About 50 percent of registered dogs
   • About 60 percent of registered dogs
   • About 70 percent of registered dogs

5. What procedure does the Act on Welfare and Management of Animals require for non-profit activity that rehomes rescued dogs while keeping at least a set number in facilities separate from living quarters?

   • Registration as a Type 2 animal handling business
   • Notification as a Type 2 animal handling business
   • Registration as a Type 1 animal handling business