If you liked the Ace Ventura: Pet Detective movie, then you will probably like this real-life pet detective in China. His name is Sun Jinrong, but in China, he’s known as the country’s first pet detective, who has returned over 1,000 missing animals to their worried owners over the past seven years.
Previously, the Chinese government thought pet dogs were considered a modern-day menace that the western world brought to China. Dog ownership was banned under the Communist Party leader Mao Zedong, but since the decades have passed, this outlook has changed. There are now around 91.5 million pet dogs and cats in China, keeping Jinrong busy in eastern Shanghai.
The Chinese pet detective is described as a stone-faced animal lover. Clients pay him around $1,100 for the return of their lost pets. Jinrong utilizes services that include seeking out pets with endoscopes, heat sensors, and hi-tech thermal imaging cameras.
Jinrong said:
Most pet owners get very flustered. They don’t even own a flashlight. They can only look for cats in the dark by the weak light of their phones.
When Jinrong searches for a missing animal, he incorporates hunting techniques into his methods. He carries a blowgun and has mastered shooting tranquilizer darts at missing animals, particularly cats who are scared of people they don’t know. “We have no predecessors in this industry. We are all crossing the river by feeling the stones,” he quoted from a famous Chinese phrase.
Jinrong explained:
You have to be extremely careful when capturing pets. You can’t catch small dogs like Pomeranians with a net. Their hearts are very small. It could kill them. When our case is solved, it’s basically a reunion. It’s a happy moment.
According to Breaking Asia, one-time Jinrong was seeking a missing cat named Duoduo and had to wait for hours in a camouflaged blind with his cameras until midnight before finally finding the cat.
