(CN) Pet Dog Market in Shenyang Witnesses Deadly Decline

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Pet Dog Market in Shenyang Witnesses Deadly Decline

CRIENGLISH.com

2007-10-24

 

The pet dog market in Shenyang, northeast China's

Liaoning province, is experiencing a worst ever

downfall recently, with a chow being sold at only

1,000 yuan, marking a 130 times decline from the

rocketing high price of last year.

 

Local dog shopkeepers told Chinese Business Morning

View that chow, a type of heavyset dog originated in

China, was worth over 130 thousand yuan last year. But

now few buyers are interested in it any longer even if

it only cost a shabbily lower price.

 

Meanwhile, the business of pet-dog-related products,

such as dog dress and dog food, is sluggish too. Many

shops were closed up due to the no-longer profitable

market.

 

The newspaper said that Beijing's recent intensified

control over pet dog population and pet market have

largely accounted for the quickly sluggish dog

business in Shenyang, as sellers there were mainly

supplying dogs to the market in Beijing.

 

But that's not the essential reason. When dogs were in

great demand, too many people got involved; this led

to the situation nowadays. Sellers cheating consumers

is another reason.

 

Mr. Xu, the general secretary of dog trade association

in Liaoning province, suggested that dog sellers

change their operating method in order to reverse the

situation, such as providing physical checkups for

dogs.

 

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