We had an evaporative cooling vest for our elderly dog, it really helped keep her cool on summer pee walks in the park. A lot of conversations with nosy strangers started with them scolding us for putting a “sweater” on our dog, and ended in either grumbly disbelief or wonderment…
This was also my assumption, from the headline. Because they do.
My second point: All country sports in the World State require the use of elaborate apparatus. As a result, the lower castes now pay for both transportation and manufactured goods when they travel to the country for sporting events.