Lost Fido? Cyber code is better than a dog whistle
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For the growing number of pet owners in China, it is devastating to lose one鈥檚 cherished animal companion. A new service launched by Alipay, a major mobile payment platform, may help increase the chances of stray pets finding their way back home.
When an unaccompanied animal wearing a QR-format 鈥淧et Code鈥 is spotted in public, any good Samaritan can scan the code using Alipay鈥檚 mobile app to find out who the owner is and how to contact them after going through an anti-harassment process, explained Cong Yundan, an engineer in charge of the charitable project.
鈥淚 hope that the 鈥楶et Code鈥 can become a ticket home for the pets who have gone astray,鈥 said the 35-year-old IT professional.
Cong first came up with the idea of a 鈥淧et Code鈥 last year when he was watching 鈥淓instein and Einstein,鈥 a domestic blockbuster on a young girl鈥檚 bittersweet journey in search of her stolen dog. People鈥檚 sorrow over lost or kidnapped pets touched Cong鈥檚 heart as he researched on.
鈥淚 lost you. It felt like my carnal body was stripped bare of my soul. The search went on from dawn to dark and dark back to dawn, and I knew you wouldn鈥檛 come back. But the dim light of hope refused to be put out ...鈥 reads one of the online posts about the pain of losing a beloved pet.
鈥淚 felt the urge to do something about it,鈥 said the engineer. He joined forces with some colleagues to form a special tech squad to tackle the problem.
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