Implantable sensors exist for a number of applications, having been used in animals for pet identification for many years.
Herzog does see a trend among pet owners: Rescuing animals has become fashionable.
To avoid the risk of injury to you or the pet, try to keep animals calm during nail trimming sessions.
The charity Care for the Wild said that pet owners should remember that these animals do not just come from a shop.
Many UK pet owners prefer to hug their animals rather than a close relative when feeling low, a poll for a social networking website suggests.
One was a proposal he floated earlier this month to give 90 days of free pet food to people who adopt animals that would otherwise be in shelters or euthanized.
In the past few years, pet ownership has evolved to treat these animals as mini-children, with dogs apparently unable to go outside without shoes and jackets.
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Before addressing any behavior issues, animal trainer Kristen Collins of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) says pet owners should start with a thorough veterinary exam.
The number of animals being abandoned has risen sharply as pet owners struggle to afford the cost of living, animal charity the RSPCA has said.
But like comic book and animation aficionados who have seen their pet art forms taken over by cute, anthropomorphic animals, artificial intelligence geeks must be getting anxious.
Several animals have died in a fire at a pet shop in west London.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home also expressed concern that pet owners are unable to afford to neuter or spay their animals, and are financially unable to deal with the consequences.
This does not include the often high costs of taking back those now mature animals from buyers not able to live up to keeping their pet.
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Donors were also given the option to give in memory of their special pet, or in memory of a loved one who cared deeply for animals.
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Steiff animals arent flash-in-the-pan collectibles like Pet Rocks in the Seventies or Beanie Babies in the Nineties, says Timothy Luke, former director of collectibles for Christies, who owns a 50-piece collection.
"Our clients don't see animals just as animals, " says Daniela Guimaraes, the owner of Animalle Mundo Pet.
The creatures have strong front claws and will defend themselves if they feel threatened but a Dangerous Wild Animals Act licence is not needed to keep a one as a pet.
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It seems that as long as humans embrace animals as four-legged friends, those bonds will continue past the pet's expiration date.
As a lonely child in Brooklyn, Dr Pepperberg owned pet birds from the age of four, and daydreamed about being able to understand animals' thoughts.
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) has introduced such legislation, called the Fairness to Pet Owners Act, supported by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
She says some pet owners have also used plug-in pheromone diffusers, which can help to calm animals during the period of transition.
Though a great enthusiast for all things crocodile-related - he once seriously considered the logistics of keeping one in his home as a pet - Packham says humans always need to be on their guard when in the vicinity of such animals.
Monterose says animals are being held for 30 days, after which the shelter has the option putting the pet up for adoption to a new home.
The scheme has been introduced after pressure from pet-owners and animal welfare groups, who argued that the present quarantine system had caused suffering to animals with almost no cases of rabies being found.
Owning a pet is a serious financial (and emotional) commitment, especially when you consider the fact that some domestic animals can live for 15, 20 or even 50 years.
Native to Central and South America, iguanas arrived in Puerto Rico in the 1970s as part of the pet trade, says Rafael Joglar, a biology professor at the University of Puerto Rico who has studied the animals.
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