阅读理解Shenzhen rescued and captured nearly 10,000 dogs last year. 1,119 of them have been adopted (收养) by people after receiving treatment at the city's dog rescue centres, according to a report.
Shenzhen has a total of four dog rescue centres, one of which is the Longgang Dog Rescue Centre in Honghualing Ecological Park. As the newest one, the centre was put into use in July 2020. It covers nearly 800 square metres and can accommodate (容纳) more than 4,000 dogs a year.
According to the director of the centre, Liu Xiongguang, the centre is divided into eight areas — the office, reception, isolation (隔离), living, adoption, storehouse, activity and science popularization areas.
The centre aims to accommodate, treat, help with the adoption of, and inform the public about the homeless or captured dogs in Longgang. If the dog owners are found within seven days, the centre will tell him or her to get back the pet, or the centre will adopt it.
The first place the dogs set foot in is the reception area, where workers at the centre will take photos of them and record them on the list. The dogs with diseases will be isolated and other dogs will remain in the room to wait for the next step. After careful watching, the dogs are moved to the living area. Every dog enjoys a single room there. The workers will feed them and play with them in the activity area.
People can go to the WeChat mini-program — Dog Raising Service of Shenzhen — to get information on the dogs at each dog rescue centre in the city. Dog lovers can choose their favourite dogs and then make a request for their adoption online.
