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Puppy Boarding Illustrates China's Booming "Pet Economy" - CRI

As the Lunar New Year of the Dog spring festival looms, Jin Jing, a Chongqing native working in Beijing is busy preparing a trip back to her hometown, but she has to find a nursery for her puppy dog while scrabbling for a train ticket. Beijing's pet hospitals are open to animal guests while their human friends are absent. One week ahead of the festival, which falls on Jan. 29, the capital city's big-name pet Care centers and hospitals are booked out. The hospitals' daily charges are usually 30 yuan (about 3.8 U.S. dollars) for a cat and 40 yuan (some 5 U.S. dollars) for a dog. Charges for kittens and puppies are even higher. In addition, most of the hospitals or centers don't provide pet Food and charge an extra fee for giving the pet a hot bath. "I have to pay, otherwise I will have to pack Mianmian (her puppy dog) with the luggage and send her on an uncomfortable train trip that takes all day," Jin said. Despite the expense, as the traditional spring festival draws near, China's pet Care market is as busy as the railways. "Every day we receive calls from people trying to find - More available

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