Guangzhou becomes second city in China to open pet quarantine centre

The facility for animals whose owners have been quarantined opened earlier this month with the help of a company that operates a similar service in Shenzhen

Pet owners across the country have expressed concern about what will happen to their animals following a number of cruelty cases

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Volunteers test a cat at the Guangzhou facility. Photo: Handout

Published: 2:00pm, 1 May 2022Updated: 9:39pm, 1 May 2022

Guangzhou has become the second city in China to establish a pet quarantine centre amid growing public concern about the fate of animals whose owners are sent to quarantine.

Liang Wanying, a local piano teacher whose four poodles went to the centre when she was quarantined in mid-April, said it “really eased my mind” to know the dogs were being looked after.

The day after she went into quarantine, volunteers showed up at her door to pick up her dogs, to be cared for at the centre.

“Every day, they feed my dogs and send me pictures and videos of them walking the dogs,” she said.

Liang said the local government had set up the centre following an appeal from local pet owners for better lockdown arrangements when the city first reported an outbreak last month.

In mid-April, the agricultural and rural affairs bureau in Baiyun district contacted New Ruipeng Pet Healthcare Group, a company that has already helped to set up and run similar facilities in the neighbouring city of Shenzhen.

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