For example,the Web site petswelcome.com lists more than seventeen thousand pet friendly hotels,campgrounds and beaches in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The association's market research shows that Americans spent more than forty-three billion dollars on pets,pet products and pet medical care last year.

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The latest one shows that seventy-one million homes in the United States last year included a pet.

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Humane Society official Nancy Peterson says groups are also helping pet owners pay for pet food.

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But he says pet owners are spending their money on other things like medical services.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

He says the organization has seen fewer sales of pet supplies recently.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Bob Vetere is president of the American Pet Products Association.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

However,the economic downturn is creating problems for some pet owners.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

For example,President Benjamin Harrison's son had a pet goat.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

And Pets2Vets provides a start-up kit of pet equipment.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

The zebra finch survives well in captivity. That makes it both a popular pet and a favorite subject for researchers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

The new first pet,a Portuguese water dog, is expected to make his public debut on Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

What grew as the pet project of Mark Zuckerberg, when he was a student at Harvard,has exploded - gaining eight new users ever second for the past 15 months.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

When rain and melting snows flow over a city's streets, parking lots and sidewalks, that runoff picks up all kinds of pollutants residues of petroleum and pesticides, soaps and solvents, as well as pet and wildlife waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04