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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 ...

The U.S. pet overweight and obesity rate for dogs and cats is more than 50%. In Animal Planet's new series My Big Fat Pet Makeover, pet expert and trainer Travis Brorsen begins a four-month long ...

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 ...

A not-so-miniature pinscher dog more than double its ideal weight is among some of Britain's most ob ese animals who have been entered into a slimming competition. Alfie, from Bradford, tips the ...

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