A Japanese clothing manufacturer, together with veterinarians, has created special suits for animals to make life easier for them in the heat.
Reuters writes about it.
The device consists of a fan weighing 80 g and runs on batteries. It is attached to a mesh suit and blows air over the animalʼs body.
Rei Uzawa, president of the maternity brand, came up with the animal outfit when she saw her chihuahua suffering from the summer heat. The suit is available in five different sizes and costs $74.
The inventor has already received about 100 orders from pet owners.
- Japan is suffering its worst heatwave since 1875 this summer, with heatwaves becoming more frequent, more intense and lasting longer due to climate change.
- And not only Japan. The global temperature in June 2022 was 0.31 °C above the 1991-2020 average. This made this month the third hottest in the history of observations.