SAN FRANCISCO – Apart from the constant chirping of exotic birds, for the most part John Chan's days are relatively peaceful. "It's so crazy," he said. After it aired, after the news, it was a hundred calls, texting, e-mails and all kinds of stuff. I worked day and night to answer all the questions."Pet Central in Chinatown"Pet store for sale," he wrote,"looking for some one [sic] who loves animals. Asking price is $0," the ad stated.
"It spread out so fast," he said. First few days it was local, then other state Texas, Missouri. Then, another week, it spread out to other countries. People emailing from Singapore, Canada, I couldn't believe it." "I was YouTubing, and I saw CBS News had an article about John giving up the pets store for $0 and me and two other of good friends who grew up in Chinatown, we couldn't let this place go," he said.