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According to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, fat America is facing a fat pet problem. Dogs with the unfortunate names (because they’re fat) of Hershey, Buffy, and Fridge are pigging out ...

If your dog or cat looks more like a footstool than an animal, it's time to do something about that excess weight. There is an epidemic of fat pets in the United States, one that's often unrecognized.

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LOS ANGELES – It’s not just a people problem: Growing rates of obesity in pets have led to the emergence of fat farms offering “pawlates,” “doga” and “Barko Polo,” doggie versions of Pilates, yoga and ...

Obesity in Shropshire pets will reach epidemic levels higher than the number of overweight children, if people do not stop over-feeding their animals, county experts warned today. Obesity in ...