Pets are friends of human beings. They accompany their owners all their lives. After passing away, more and more pet owners have begun to choose more commemorative ways to bury and cherish their memories. Wang Long, head of Xi'an Dada Pet Life Memorial Museum, told reporters recently.

It is understood that Wang Long founded the Xi'an Dada Pet Life Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to as: Memorial Hall) in 2016. The reporter saw in the memorial hall , there are many photos of deceased pets displayed on the wall, exquisite and small special pet urns are displayed in the window, as well as pendants, rings and handicrafts made from pet ashes through special processing.

In recent years, more and more people choose to keep pets to add interest in life, relieve stress, relieve loneliness, etc., and pets can often bring people's spiritual healing and spiritual healing. Accompanying pets, many pet owners regard them as family members and invest a lot of time and money. According to the White Paper on China's Pet Consumption Trends in 2021 released by iResearch, the market size in 2020 is close to 300 billion yuan, and it is expected that in the future The pet industry will continue to grow in three years, and the industry scale will reach 445.6 billion yuan by 2023.

With the expansion of the pet market, how to take care of pets behind the scenes and send them away with dignity family members has become a trouble for many pet owners, which has given birth to the rise of the pet funeral industry. According to Wang Long, in the six years since he founded the memorial hall, he has held thousands of farewell ceremonies for deceased pets Including cats, dogs, hamsters, etc. In terms of service content, it provides body cleaning, cremation, storage of ashes, commemorative handicraft production, etc., and also provides services of public welfare nature for stray animals in the city.

The emergence of the pet funeral industry has made the pet's behind events more diversified, and has been recognized by the market. I have learned about the pet funeral industry, mainly to give ' Pudding 'looks ahead' for 'next stop'. Because it has been with him for more than ten years, it has become like a 'family member', and I hope its 'behind the scenes' can be more decent. Li Jiang, a citizen of Xi'an, said that in the future, after the dog pudding leaves, his hair will be made into handicrafts and will accompany him forever.

However, there are also some pet owners who hold a strong belief in the industry. Wait-and-see attitude. Post-90s Yang Fan is a pet lover. She has been with Fat Dun for 11 years. Yang Fan said that the current form of pet burial is still unacceptable, and hopes that her dog will be complete in the future However, he will continue to pay attention to the pet funeral industry.

The Qingming Festival is approaching. The reporter saw in Wang Long's memorial hall that some pet ashes were buried. Pet owners deposited in the memorial hall came one after another to remember their loved pets, and Wang Long's memorial hall also provided them with a spiritual shelter. Here you can cry out loud, or think quietly, and realize the true meaning of life. . Tian Fan, who is remembering his old pet at the scene, said that every year around the Qingming Festival, he would come here to visit his deceased pet, quietly accompany him, and share his current life with him.

It is reported that although the pet funeral industry is gradually emerging, it is also facing many development dilemmas. According to industry insiders, at present, there are no relevant laws and regulations in the industry, and market supervision is in a gray area, resulting in no standard, Opaque operations are emerging in an endless stream.

Wang Xiaoyong, an expert from the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, said that the market should guard against misguided consumption caused by excessive publicity by taking advantage of pet owners' loving pets. The society should pay attention to and help To create a good and healthy atmosphere in the pet funeral market, and pay attention to the ethical proportion between humans and animals. It is recommended that relevant market supervision departments should also pay attention to the rapid growth of consumer demand and provide correct guidance.