HANGZHOU: An animal welfare group has teamed up with Alibaba’s online platforms to initiate a plan to alleviate the suffering of stray animals.
The Aita Foundation for Animal Protection said on Monday that with Alibaba’s digital retail and group-buying platforms of Tmall Pet, Juhuasuan and the Alibaba Foundation, it has pooled a charity fund of one million yuan (RM624,100) and purchased pet food worth one million yuan for stray animals.
Under the charity plan, the partners will carry out activities to solve some basic survival problems of stray animals such as hunger and sterilisation and attract people to pay attention to and participate in the rescue of stray animals so as to improve their situation.
In 2019 alone, the size of China’s pet market reached 202.4 billion (RM126.1bil), up 18.5% year on year, and pet ownership rate reached 23%, 4% year on year.
But at the same time, stray animals caused by pet abandonment and uncontrolled breeding have also caused many social problems.
Stray animals that have not been properly settled threaten public health and safety.
At present, 82% of the injuries caused by stray animals are caused by stray dogs and 12% by stray cats.
Aita’s initiative is expected to bring together the force of charity groups and online pet retail platforms to improve animal welfare and draw more attention to welfare of strays. — China Daily/ANN
The Aita Foundation for Animal Protection said on Monday that with Alibaba’s digital retail and group-buying platforms of Tmall Pet, Juhuasuan and the Alibaba Foundation, it has pooled a charity fund of one million yuan (RM624,100) and purchased pet food worth one million yuan for stray animals.
Under the charity plan, the partners will carry out activities to solve some basic survival problems of stray animals such as hunger and sterilisation and attract people to pay attention to and participate in the rescue of stray animals so as to improve their situation.
In 2019 alone, the size of China’s pet market reached 202.4 billion (RM126.1bil), up 18.5% year on year, and pet ownership rate reached 23%, 4% year on year.
But at the same time, stray animals caused by pet abandonment and uncontrolled breeding have also caused many social problems.
Stray animals that have not been properly settled threaten public health and safety.
At present, 82% of the injuries caused by stray animals are caused by stray dogs and 12% by stray cats.
Aita’s initiative is expected to bring together the force of charity groups and online pet retail platforms to improve animal welfare and draw more attention to welfare of strays. — China Daily/ANN
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