A cat wears SmartTag, a device manufactured by Suga International Holdings to monitor the activity levels of pets, in Hong Kong, China March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG: Electronic device makers such as Hong Kong-listed SUGA and other startups are looking to cash in on a boom in China in so-called pet wearables, like smart collars, leashes and feeders.
Pet ownership, denounced as a decadent and bourgeois habit after the Communist Party took power in China more than 60 years ago, has become popular again among the country's growing middle class.
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