Animal rights groups call for ban on keeping meerkats as pets

Two animal rights groups issued an online statement Tuesday criticizing the Department of Animal Welfare under the Ministry of Agriculture for seeking to conditionally allow meerkats as pets, urging a total ban instead.

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