High-cost care

Veterinarian Du Xiaopeng has been a busy man lately, handling 200 dogs since June, thanks to the Universiade.

"They have come from as far as Qinghai and Heilongjiang provinces, and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to boost the Universiade's security system," says Du, from Kunming's Police Dog Base, who has more than 25 years of experience.

These dogs have been supplementing Shenzhen's 100 sniffer dogs, that have been put to work at all of the Universiade venues, Universiade Village and some of the official hotels, to make sure no explosives get in.