Can pets make money？ Watch out! It could be a pit.

　　Now with more and more people keeping pets, related industries have also formed a scale. Some of them want to make money by raising pets and selling cubs. Is this money really that easy to earn? Recently, the reporter received a related complaint to remind everyone.

　　I spent tens of thousands of yuan for half a year and didn’t earn a penny.　　　　

　　When Mr. Zhou, who lives in Fenghua, was at home, he found an organization called "Ningbo Langchong International Maine Cat Breeding Base" on the Internet, claiming that he could make a profit by raising pet cats and selling cubs. So, Mr. Zhou contacted the agency and planned to make some money by raising pet cats.

　　"I live in Fenghua. This institution is in Jiangshan Town, Yinzhou, and it is quite far every time." Mr. Zhou told reporters that in January this year, he reached an agreement with the organization, and the other party gave him a male cat and five female cats for breeding kittens. When the kittens were born, the company was responsible for repurchase.

　　Mr. Zhou said that he keeps Maine cats, which are relatively large. For this reason, he also bought a cat cage, rented a house and installed air conditioning, thinking that he could make money by selling cats.

　　"We didn’t have any written agreement at that time. We all talked about it verbally. Later, they added a feeding entrustment agreement to me." Mr. Zhou said, "I don’t have any culture either. I was very anxious at that time. They kept urging me, so I signed it. It was not until Alipay deducted the money that I discovered that the original account was automatically bound, and I had to deduct a lot of money every time. " He told reporters that at that time, the other party asked him to scan a QR code and enter a small program. The cat food, cat litter and other supplies needed for feeding should be purchased from here. The staple food purchase fee is paid once every three months.

　　Mr. Zhou said that he was also full of confidence at that time. "I have raised cats before, and I know that cats can give birth in almost half a year, and there is more than one child per child. If they can buy back smoothly, they should be able to make money." However, what makes him feel uneasy is that although the staff later pulled him into a breeding group, there was almost no professional guidance. "Moreover, they didn’t deliver the cat in time according to the agreement. Every time the cat was sent, it was sick. They said that it was vaccinated, but every time I had to spend money to treat the disease, or simply change the cat." Mr. Zhou said that the agreement stated that the feeding fee should be paid half by half, but he has invested tens of thousands of yuan at present, but the other party has almost no cost except providing a breeding cat. "After a period of feeding, the female cat did give birth and finally survived three, but the promise of the agency to buy back at 4,000 yuan each was not fulfilled." As a result, Mr. Zhou went back and forth between Fenghua and Yinzhou several times, hoping that the other party could keep his promise, but the other party evaded it for various reasons and has been delaying it. So, he complained to the 12315 hotline, hoping that the company could buy back the cat and compensate him for the related losses.

　　The reporter visited the scene and there were dozens of cats.

　　According to the address provided by Mr. Zhou, the reporter went to this institution named "Ningbo Langchong International Maine Cat Breeding Base" located in Jiangshan Town, Yinzhou District. The reporter found the company in a factory area, and only after asking the security guards did he know that the company rented their office. On the 4th and 5th floors, the reporter saw that the air-conditioned rooms here were filled with dozens of cats of all kinds, large and small, and there were also many cats in other warehouses and aisles. In one of the offices, there are many disposable injections and many medicines. It seems that cats are injected with related vaccines and antibacterial drugs.

　　There are many cats in the air-conditioned room. Reporter Mao Leijun/photo

　　There are many injections and veterinary drugs at the scene. Reporter Mao Leijun/photo　　　　

　　The reporter asked the relevant staff as an ordinary breeder. The staff member said that they have two ways here, one is adoption. Consumers can get cats free of charge, but they have to buy cat food and related products on their designated websites, each for one month, with a total of 12 issues.

　　According to the variety of cats, the cost is different, usually several hundred yuan per month. The other is entrusted breeding. The company provides a male cat and a number of female cats for breeding. According to the variety and quantity, different fees are charged.

　　In addition, you need to buy cat food and related products in the designated online mall for a period of 2 years.

　　"That at that time, the kitten born you responsible for repurchase? How about the price? " The reporter continued to ask. "This depends on the market situation. We will have an approximate price, depending on the situation at that time." The staff member said that he had just come to work, and many details were unclear.

　　The reporter also asked about vaccination. The staff member said, "We can give you a vaccination, or we can give you vaccines and tools. Just go back and do it yourself." He said that this is very simple and does not require any qualifications, as long as it is injected subcutaneously. "It’s usually around the neck."

　　Subsequently, the staff member showed the reporter an electronic version of the agreement, saying that the printer was broken and the paper version could not be printed. The reporter looked at it, and the content of the agreement was similar to that provided by Mr. Zhou.

　　Subsequently, the reporter also asked for the phone number of Mr. Hu, the relevant person in charge of the company, but he called several times and no one answered. Mr. Hu was not contacted as of press time.

　　Lawyer’s statement: If the business fails to honor its promise, it may be suspected of fraud.　　　　

　　However, the reporter also found that there are many complaints about free adoption of pets on the Internet. Some businesses sell all kinds of pet products under the banner of free adoption, and many consumers are "trapped".

　　There are still many people on the internet who post the information of "free pets". However, some of them take advantage of the adopters’ love to make friends with each other, such as bundling high-priced and inferior pet toys, snacks and supplies or signing a fixed purchase agreement, so that the adopters can pay more than the pet’s own value and gain benefits. In the end, the free adoption of pets became a "strong sale". The adopters questioned whether the pet adoption agreement was fair and reasonable and were unwilling to continue to perform the agreement, which caused disputes between the two sides. According to media reports, some people use false pet information for profit, which is huge and even suspected of fraud.

　　To this end, Han Zhiqing, a partner of Zhejiang Tongzhou Law Firm, said that if the merchant has never redeemed the cat pups from the pet adopters and shared the expenses according to the contract, it is likely to have been suspected of fraud; However, if there are not many deceived people reporting the case, the public security organs will probably think that it is only a civil dispute. At the same time, the adopter should make a risk assessment in advance for the bundled deduction of purchase expenses and the other party’s failure to fulfill the repurchase obligation and share the agreed expenses; Clear the time for the other party to fulfill its obligations, such as timely sharing of monthly purchasing expenses, such as overdue sharing of expenses, failure to fulfill the obligation of cat cub repurchase and other breach of contract, with clear constraints and responsibilities.