(Reporter Li Daqing) “In the known infectious diseases, 60% of them are caused by humans and animals. Among the newly discovered human infectious diseases, 75% are derived from animals.†“China’s current domestication The number of dogs is about 150 million, and the number of pet dogs is about 40 to 50 million. There are 950,000 registered dogs in Beijing, and the actual number is 100 to 1.1 million. The domestic cats' breeding capacity is 5000 to 6000. Between ten thousand and ninety-five pet cats are between 800 and 9 million.†The two figures were known by the reporter at the “Forum on Pets and Human Health†held recently.
The forum passed the declaration. The declaration pointed out that nutrition, health, and ecological and environmental health are interdependent, mutual cause and effect, and interactions are becoming more and more close. We must establish a new concept of modern health that integrates nutrition, health, animal health, and environmental health. The Manifesto calls for: Caring for animals and treating animals; Establishing a sound pet industry development policy and management system; Consciously handling pet waste and pet excrement disposal; Paying attention to the pet industry scientific and technological work, strengthening the relationship between pets and human health, and pet breeding, breeding, Scientific researches such as support, food, and medical care reduce the impact of pet diseases on human health; give full play to the role of private institutions such as pet associations and pet schools, and popularize scientific knowledge of pets.