Along with the socio-economic development, acceleration of urbanization process and continuous improvement of living standard,more and more pets are bred in urban households and playing an important role in people''s everyday life．However,many pets are important carriers of infectious zoonotic diseases, especially dogs and cats．In more than 200 kinds of major reported zoonoses, there are over 70 kinds directly or indirectly related to dogs and cats. With the rapid development of pet industry and increasing number of dogs and cats, the incidence of pet-derived zoonoses are increasing, which cause some problems to their prevention and control. In order to improve the pet management system, establish an efficient epidemic prevention and supervision system, and effectively prevent and control the zoonoses in dogs and cats, strategies are discussed in this article, including perfecting the laws and regulations, forming a comprehensive management system, strengthening the health supervision and safty disposal, training professional personnel and intensifying publicity and education, etc.