Hyderabad, November 01, 2017: PETEX INDIA 2017, the India’s largest Pet Expo, an exhibition for Pets & Dogs will be held at Hitex on November 11th and 12th for two days.
Disclosing this addressing a press conference here in the city Srinivas Kavali of HItex said it will be the biggest Dog Show in the country. It brings together Pet Owners, Pet Care Products, Pet Food and Pet Accessories.
It will have a Pet Expo, Hycan Championship Dog Show, and International Cat Show. It is expected to attract 50,000 visitors and will have 200 plus stalls.
Some of the top brands that are associated include Pedigree, Drools, Venkeys Pet, Royal Canine, Tradeindia.com, dogspot.in, Farmina, Orijin, Smart Heart, Himayalaya, Vet Manking, Zydus and Virbac.
According to Philip Butt, Honorary Secretary the top and rare dog breeds that will be showcased include: Cane Corsa, Pointer, Dog Argentino, Bichon Frise, Mattese, Poodle, St Bernard.
500+ Dogs of 60+ breeds & 100+ Cats of various breeds will be available and there will be a Live display of Exotic Birds and Fish & Aquaria, Truebred Horses and Rabbits, informed Philip
Dr. Subhash Babu, President of The Hyderabad Canine Club, it is jointly hosted by them and Hitex. According to him, the Expo provides an opportunity to show pet lovers and enthusiasts get connected and engaged as a community and explore the wide range of latest innovative products and services. The expo will bring together pets, pet owners, pet care products and services, pet food, and pet entertainment at one place.
The Highlights of the two day expo is it will have 200+ Exhibitors – Pet Food, Accessories, Medicare, Breeders and Training showcasing their products and services.
For the first time in India, Mondioring Sports will be demonstrated at a Dog Show. Mondioring is considered to be the most difficult dog sport. Commando Kennels, who have been demonstrating dog sports across India since 1995, will be introducing this sport at Pedigree HyCan 17.
Another highlight is the Dogs’ sports demonstration of Agility, Flyball and Schutzhund and Championships, Obedience trials with International Judges. The same was demonstrated to the media today.
The show is attracting four international judges who include Mrs. Berly Hession and Mrs. Jean Butterfiled both from Australia; Mrs. Donne Lucas from South Africa; Mrs. Olga Timofeeva from Russia. The Indian Judge who will also take part is Mathew Prakash Bhutt.
The Show is introducing Kiran Chitnis, a Memorial Cash Award instituted by Mrs. Jaya Chitnis in memory of her husband. The Grand Winner will get this award. It will be cash Award of Rs 10,000/- that will be awarded to the dog that scores the highest cumulative points from all the three shows of Pedigree HyCan 18computed from the best in show lineup of all the 3 shows.
Neetu Butt, Committee Member of The Hyderabad Canine Club also participated in the press conference.
The city of Hyderabad and the Telangana region is emerging as a leading market and venue for all pet related activities. The presence of market leaders Pedigree in Hyderabad is the testimony to this fact. To recognize the contribution of the people of Hyderabad in bringing acclaim to this region, The Hyderabad Canine Club and HITEX are felicitating leading Veterinarians and Breeders at a HITEX Exhibition Center today. Each of them is a stalwart in their fields and has contributed to the pet fraternity with single minded devotion and dedication.
Good veterinary service is the backbone of pet welfare in any region. Ethical and responsible brdders are a beacon to the canine fraternity. They set the benchmark for others to look upto and aspire of.
Hitex and the Hyderabad Canine Club have honored Veterinarians and Breeders who have worked tirelessly over the eyars to provide excellent care and solicitude to the pets and owners of the twin cities and brought recognition to the region with their contributions.
The breeders who were honoured include Ahmed Alam Khan, Vishal Sudan, Abhimanyu Reddy and BL Sharma.
The Veterinary Doctors honoured include: Dr. Muralidhar, Dr Y. Vasu, Dr. B. Madhusudhan,Dr. Raghavendra.
Dr. Raghavendra was given away life time achievement. He is a stalward in the Vet-field. He owns a clinic called A;; Creatures Animal Clinic in Marredpally.
Ahmed Alam Khan, the breeder comes from a family of dog lovers. He has been the Vice President of HCC for over 10years. He has imported, bred and showed many champions over the years. His indelible mark on the goddy game is and will be the introduction and popularization of ROTWEILERS in India. At a time when people had not heard of the breed, Ahmed imported them in the dozens from the leading breeders from across the world. Besides Rottweilers, he has bred Dobermann and Labradols. He is also the breeder of Murrah Buffalo and Sahitool Cows.
Vishal Sudan comes from dog lovers family. He has imported 2000 dogs and many have become champions.
Dr. Muralidhar who was felicitated was a government veterinary doctor. Later he started a Dr. Dog Hospital. Today is the most super specialty hospital as it boasts of first of its kind of unique facilities on par with human hospitals like Dog Dialysis Centre, Modern Operation Theatre with Gaseous Anaesthesia, ECG, Ultrasound, Digital X Ray, Dental Scaling and 24 hours service.
Dr. Muralidhar set up an exclusive Dialysis Center for Dogs at a cost of Rs 15 lakhs. Only three other cities—Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai have such facilities. He treats about 15 to 20 dogs a month and Rs 18,000/- is charged for the Dialysis.
Dr. Muralidhar is equipped Dr. Dog Hospital with World No 1 PET Laboratry with IDEX. He runs First Mobile Dog Clini and Exclusive Dog Hostel.
Dr. Muralidhar also started a NGO called Vets Society for Animal Welfare and Rural Development(VSAWRD). It has done more than 2,50,000 stray dog operations all over India. It provided employment for 120 staff and 157 veterinary doctors.
HyCan’17, the concurrent event, is India’s premier dog show organized by The Hyderabad Canine Club. HyCan’17 show will have more than 350+ dogs of 40+ breeds competing for the top honors. In addition, the show will have two days of dog sports demonstrations and competitions like Agility, Flyball, Schutzhund, Championships and Obedience adjudged by international judges. HyCan show will be a visual treat for the kids.
CFAI International Cat Show by Cat Fanciers Association of India will display 150+ imported cats of various breeds and the show will be a treat for cat lovers. The cats of different breed are expected to participate in various demonstrations and compete in Appearance, Agility, Breed, Temperament and Grooming Contests adjudged by international judges. The show will raise awareness about cat rearing and also recognize Indian breeds.
The Indian pet care industry is growing fast and owes its surge to the changing trends and increasing interest in owning pets. It has evolved into more than 6000 crore industry The industry is on the threshold of attaining double digit growth in retail segment. The penchant of the pet parent for quality care has added more muscle to the industry. With more than 6 lac pets being adopted every year, the industry’s annual growth is pegged at 10-15% while the year 2015 witnessed a business of around _ 900 crores. The forecast of sales for packaged dog & cat food in 2016 is around Rs 700 crores and it is touching about Rs 1000 crore this year.
