We have the fattest pets in the world!!!!
U-S-A! U-S-A!
New data due out this week indicates that MORE THAN HALF of U.S. dogs and cats now overweight or OBESE!
Of pets considered to be obese ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥defined as 30% above normal weight├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥one-fifth of dogs and cats fit the bill, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, which conducted the survey with Mars Inc.’s Banfield Pet Hospital, the nation’s largest general veterinary practice.
“Obesity in pets is almost the equivalent of smoking in human medicine. There’s the high cost to people, and it’s self-induced. I never met a German shepherd who could open the refrigerator or food bag and pour himself another bowl.”
says the director of clinical research at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
I guess people really do look like their pets…
Come on America! Maybe if we walk our dogs and play with your cats regularly we wont be so embarrassing.
[Image via WENN.]