With the gradual completion of the pet industry industry chain, the behind the scenes of pets has also become a key link.

On March 31, a reporter from Sanxiang Metropolis Daily learned that at present, there are a wide range of pet funeral services on the market in Changsha, including bathing, cremation, making life souvenirs, holding ceremonies and so on. Often a set, the cost ranges from 399 yuan to 5,200 yuan.

It is worth noting that, as a downstream pet funeral market, the industry threshold is low and the fees are relatively chaotic. It has been seven years since the pet funeral company first appeared in Changsha in 2015. How is the development of pet funeral in Changsha? What's wrong with the industry?

Visit: There are stores that can receive 60 customers per month

Flower beds, wooden coffins, soothing music, on March 31, a pet service in Changsha near Yanghu Lake In a courtyard of the limited company, in a miniature coffin about one metre long lies a small dog - a small memorial service is being held.

“Nowadays, many pet owners choose to bid farewell to their pets in a more dignified way. We have four packages in our store, and each package includes procedures such as pet body reception, body cleaning, farewell ceremony and cremation. , and also include funeral items, such as pet hair commemorative bottles, burning banknotes, urns, etc.” Ms. Wenren, the person in charge of Yi Pet Pet Service Co., Ltd., introduced that the value-added services of different packages are different, such as commemorative videos of hospice ceremonies, and spar production from ashes. and many more.

Ms. Wen introduced that the 399 yuan package is for small pets weighing less than 1 kg, such as hamsters, birds or fish. Pets weighing more than 1 kg will be divided into 6 different price points according to their weight, and the price will increase by 200 yuan for each increase, ranging from 499 yuan to 2399 yuan. The best sales is the 499 yuan package, sometimes in January More than a dozen orders can be sold, and the services and supplies included in the package can meet the needs of most customers.

Many customers will choose the 1699 yuan Tianji package, with monthly sales of 18 copies. The package includes the city 30 kilometers to the door to receive the remains and fine cleaning of the remains, the store needs to receive about 60 customers who have lost their pets every month. Ms. Li from Tiancong China Changsha store said that the Tianai package starts from 499 yuan, the Tianji package starts from 1699, and the Tiancong package starts from 1699 yuan. Packages start from 5,200 yuan. All three packages require an additional cremation fee based on the pet's weight, 500 yuan for 0-2 kg and 2,600 yuan for 45-50 kg.

Problem: The industry has no standards and is in a mixed state

In recent years, the pet funeral industry has ushered in a bright moment of development, but for most cities, pet funerals still belong to grey area.

According to the company's data, as of November 2020, there were more than 1,200 pet funeral-related companies in my country that year, a year-on-year increase of 447%, which has exceeded the sum of historical related companies. From the perspective of geographical distribution, Hunan Province has the largest number of pet funeral companies, reaching 495, and Beijing, Jiangsu, Guangdong and other provinces and cities ranked the top four with 73, 56 and 44 related companies respectively.

However, even now, the pet funeral industry is still in a state of confusion. In the opinion of the person in charge of Changsha Wuyou Pet Store, the industry lacks a special supervision department, the entry threshold is low, and Departments of agriculture and animal husbandry, health and epidemic prevention, civil affairs and market supervision have overlapping management powers, and there are blind spots in supervision. Even if there are problems in business operations, and even some pet cemeteries have not obtained relevant approval procedures, it is difficult to effectively deal with them.

The person in charge said that funeral prices also lack uniform standards. Cremation, burial, tree burial, making life souvenirs, holding ceremonies, etc., funeral shops have different handling methods and completely different charges. There are even many merchants asking for high prices, discarding pet remains at will, refusing pet owners to watch the whole process on site, Bad behavior such as giving A's pet ashes to B's pet's owner.

Observation: It is recommended to improve the industry normative management regulations

Farewell to wild development, pet funeral industry standards and other issues must be solve.

In this regard, Xu Huihao, a doctor of the School of Veterinary Medicine of Southwest University, once pointed out that the healthy development of the pet funeral industry depends on whether there are relevant laws and regulations for the disposal of pet carcasses. Only by promulgating relevant policies and regulations for pet funerals, improving the pet corpse disposal reporting system, and tracking and managing the final whereabouts of the corpses with legal constraints, can the pet funeral industry be given a legitimate market.

“The qualifications of pet funeral directors also need to be unified, and professional standards and corresponding training and examinations need to be established.” Mr. Mo, who has been engaged in the pet funeral industry for more than ten years, believes that the industry will not only bring The development of related industries will also promote the maturity of pet morticians and other professions. There is also a need for unified standards in terms of pricing, and a reasonable floating space needs to be defined, and at the same time, severe penalties should be imposed on behaviors such as skyrocketing prices.

 Mr. Mo believes that the awareness of breeders about the harmless disposal of pet carcasses also needs to be improved, and professional departments should be found for harmless disposal, especially for pet carcasses whose cause of death is unknown, they should be supervised by animal health supervision agencies. Perform harmless treatment.