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The Power of Pets Initiative

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Mars Petcare recently launched The Power of Pets! What is The Power of Pets? Mars Petcare is collaborating with the YMCA in 5 cities to start, to bring pet-friendly health and physical activity education and programming to communities. It’s a great new new initiative to help people live a healthier life!

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Bubbles the Chimp Resurfaces

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Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. They are wild creatures and their psychology must suffer from these abnormal arrangements. Tags: chimpanzees entertainment. Well, supposedly there's a film and book deal pending. Who will benefit from all this?

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Man Kills Goldfish in Domestic Violence Attack, Gets Probation

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From Pets News. A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. Tags: animal abuse domestic violence. Who knows what the next step could be? I hope she has some kind of protection against him. PORTLAND, Ore. —

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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

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There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. And in some cases, monkey babies are more than pets: They are sons and daughters. Tags: Stupid entertainment primates endangered species.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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In some cases, their research suggests that our pets are manipulating us rather than welling up with human-like feeling. A team led by cognitive scientist Josef Topál of the Research Institute for Psychology in Hungary recently ran an experiment to study how 10-month-old babies pay attention to people. They have us very well trained.

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