On the one hand, most of the industries have suffered due to Coronavirus, while the recovery rate of most of the industries is not visible even after the lockdown opens. Meanwhile, the pet selling industry has seen a strong boom in pet demand increase during coronavirus times. Many people have also thought of having a pet sitting in the house, due to which there is a big boom in the pet industry. All this is happening because people are becoming pet parents.
Teja Canal owner Dr Harshdeep Singh Tega explained that the demand for pets has increased rapidly since the lockdown opened. The number of Pets he sold earlier has increased by about 50%. Nancy Kakkar, Head of Astro Canal, says that due to the lockdown many dogs had grown up, which people had to give free of cost, but now everything is normal. Now people want to become pet parents and are raising dogs of foreign breeds including Indians.
People are becoming pet parents during lockdowns, as they take great care of their children's health. According to Harshadeep, children were not able to go out in lockdown and still there is almost the same environment, in which the physical activity of children is not being done. Because of this, the health of children is being affected. Because of this, parents are taking pets, so that their children keep playing with the pet so that their health can be maintained and the stress of being locked in the house is also kept away from them.
Despite increasing demand for pets, many pet centres are not keeping such pets, which are expensive. Harshdeep says that many dogs became ill during the lockdown because they could not get the right diet. In such a situation, many pets lost their lives due to lack of treatment, so keeping such a breed is being avoided.