Inside the world of pet funerals From memorial ceremonies to handwritten farewell notes, Wang Yinghao has witnessed how deeply people mourn the animals that shared their lives, Yang Yang reports. By Yang Yang | HK edition | Updated: 2026-05-23 10:35

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202605/23/WS6a112c30a310d6866eb4a4e4.html During the interview, Wang Yinghao, one of the founders of Rainbow Star, a company offering pet aftercare services, pauses mid-sentence and says, "I always talk too much." Yet, when asked to recount a story about a cat he once rescued by chance, he says that he has lost the desire to go into detail about such stories. "Talking about them in the media doesn't help those poor animals; instead, it feels like exploiting their misfortune."