Temporary pet care poses some hitches

Before going back to her hometown for the Spring Festival holiday, Dong Jinxian, a 55-year-old Beijing resident, found it difficult to arrange for a temporary home for her feathered friends - two precious parrots.

With more urban residents keeping pets, it has become a common practice among pet owners to send their pets to temporary care centers while they are away on vacation, for example during the Spring Festival holiday.

However, the booming new service has some problems, as Dong found out.