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How Pet Care Became a Big Business

People have grown more attached to their pets β€” and more willing to spend money on them β€” turning animal medicine into a high-tech industry worth billions.

Β© Audra Melton for The New York Times

Heather Massey of Carlton, Ga., with her dog, Lunabear. She is still paying off a bill for scans and care six years after her previous dog, Ladybird, was diagnosed with brain cancer.

How Pet Care Became a Big Business

People have grown more attached to their pets β€” and more willing to spend money on them β€” turning animal medicine into a high-tech industry worth billions.

Β© Audra Melton for The New York Times

Heather Massey of Carlton, Ga., with her dog, Lunabear. She is still paying off a bill for scans and care six years after her previous dog, Ladybird, was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Are We Loving Our Pets to Death?

Pet owners are treating their animal charges ever more like humans. But that isn’t good for pets, or for us, many experts argue.

Β© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

The proliferation of dog strollers is one sign of a trend in which pets’ lives have become constrained and dependent on humans.
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