A few days ago, the search for the pet dog “Chen Meiqi” in the Yunlin area attracted the attention of the whole Taiwan. According to media reports, the owner posted a message on a social platform asking for help after his lost dog, and even offered a high reward of 500,000 yuan. The news quickly fermented on the Internet, not only attracted a large number of netizens to forward it, but also set off a nationwide mobilization to search for the dog. Subsequently, it was confirmed that “Meiqi” had been found by the elders of the same village and returned to the owner safely. The reason why this incident quickly aroused public opinion is not only that the reward amount was astonishing, but it also made more people realize that for owners, fur babies are not just pets, but also real family members.
With the expansion of furry breeding scale and the advancement of the chip system, the demand for cooperative hunting has not decreased but has increased.
The estimates of the number of domestic dogs and domestic cats released by the Ministry of Agriculture this year show that there are about 1.46 million domestic dogs and about 1.74 million domestic cats in Taiwan. The number of domestic cats not only continues to grow, but has also surpassed domestic dogs, showing that the dependence between Taiwanese families and dogs and cats is continuing to deepen. On the other hand, the Ministry of Agriculture has also included domestic cats as pets that should be registered. If the domestic cat has a microchip implanted in advance and has completed the pet registration, if the cat is lost and the chip is found and the owner is scanned, the cat can be notified to retrieve it, which can effectively increase the chance of recovery. As the breeding base increases and standardized systems are gradually put in place, services related to lost and lost searches will gradually include information integration, troubleshooting assistance, chip confirmation, monitor comparison, and more efficient search plans.
In other words, the so-called pet-finding economy is essentially the demand for risk management and assistance services derived from the familyization of pets. In the past, pets that strayed were often seen as a misfortune and it would be good to just get another one. However, more and more owners now define pets as family members who have lived together for many years, accompany them every day, and experience the ups and downs of life together. Therefore, when it gets lost, the owner is willing to invest a higher bonus to help find it, and even seek help from professional credit agencies or private detectives.Lost pet search assistanceServe.
Taiwan Detective Association: Pet hunting commissions have increased significantly, and related cases have increased by about 3become
Taiwan Detective AssociationChairman-elect Xu Shiwei pointed out that in recent years, the number of lost pet search inquiries and actual entrusted cases received by members has increased significantly compared with the past. Judging from recent changes in membership returns and case types, the demand for related pet assistance has increased by approximately 30%. Experts analyze that there are actually two very key reasons why the pet-seeking economy has quickly attracted attention.
First, fur babies are becoming more and more family-oriented. In the past, many people regarded pets as companion animals, but now more and more owners directly regard dogs and cats as part of the family, and even regard them as children, siblings or spiritual support. Because of this, once a pet escapes from home or becomes lost, the psychological pressure and emotional impact that the owner will bear is no less than that of a family member who loses contact. It is not difficult to understand why the owner is willing to invest high bounties, time and manpower.
The second reason is that although there are more information tools, there are not necessarily enough people who can truly integrate clues effectively. Nowadays, when owners lose their pets, they usually search for them themselves as soon as possible, post on social platforms, ask friends to repost, join local societies, or even post flyers to assist in the search. But the problem is that although information spreads quickly, it does not mean that clues will be automatically screened and confirmed immediately. Whether the sighting reports are true, whether the monitor images can be accessed in time, how to determine hot spots, and whether the pet’s possible movement route is in line with its habits, these are not things that can be solved by simply forwarding posts. When the amount of information becomes larger and more fragmented, the more experienced people are needed for integration, cross-reference, interpretation and on-site investigation.
Senior detective Xu Shiwei said that many people think that the pet search service of the credit reporting agency only helps to find and ask around, but in factPet Search DetectiveIt is a highly customized investigative work. For example, we analyze environmental conditions such as the time when the pet was lost, where it was last seen, nearby roads and traffic, whether it is adjacent to parks, farmland, drainage ditches, parking lots, construction sites or supermarkets, etc., and then combine the pet’s own personality, such as whether it is afraid of strangers, whether it is a relative, whether it is easily frightened, whether it is accustomed to fixed movement routes, etc., to estimate the likely range of movement and search methods, and at the same time, use the advantage of sufficient manpower to conduct a large-scale carpet search.
Judging from this wave of high-priced dog hunting incidents, it once again shows that Taiwanese society’s emotional relationship with fur babies is no longer what it used to be. When pets are no longer just pets, but become family members, the products and services related to them will naturally become more detailed and professional. From chip registration, pet hunting community cooperation, monitor inspection, on-site inspections to the increase in hunting bonuses, these originally relatively scattered activities are now gradually converging into a new type of service market. In other words, the rise of the pet-seeking economy is not just due to the attention-grabbing news of a few high-dollar bounties, but the inevitable result of the simultaneous changes in the overall breeding culture, family values, and information-sharing models.
Source: KOCPC Chinese