thiruvananthapuram the ongoing aqua pets and bird show at kanakakkunnu has drawn flak from animal lovers due to cramped and unhealthy conditions in which the animals have been displayed people for animals pfa an organization for animal welfare has filed a complaint with the museum police station about the show after identifying that none of the pet shop owners had permission or licence to display the animals in public s dileep owner of pets corner manacaud who has three puppies exotic fowl and fish is brazen in his reply when asked why he would display 40dayold puppies in flyinfested cages and subject them to such a stressful atmosphere he said this is just a business to me i have dewormed the puppies so they wont catch any disease i was not aware that i needed a licence to exhibit the animals the owner of classic pets ss kovil road who refused to reveal his name said he had got permission for a show he did in 2011 but had not bothered ever since as nobody had checked or asked for his licence classic pets only has about hundred exotic bids on display among the african lovebirds and silver pheasant was an exotic parakeet that could not even stand as it had a broken leg the forest department has jurisdiction to confiscate the pets especially if the owners do not have licence to keep exotic foreign birds said the spokesperson of pfa museum circle inspector v jayachandran said the tourism department should have taken care to see that permission is not given to unlicensed vendors we will not ask them to shut shop but if they continue to run the show we will book cases against the organizers jayachandran said the pfa spokesperson added that while the forest department and tourism officials promote kerala as a destination that cares for its plants and animals it couldnt be further from the truth