New buildings are "bending over backwards to cater to pet owners as potential buyers because they know that that problem exists, " said Barbara Fox, the president of Fox Residential Group, who owns four dogs and two cats.

WSJ: Where Dogs Rule the Roost

Thus what is torn to shreds is a dead fox, which has nothing more to do with cruelty than the eating of a shop-bought chop by a pet.

ECONOMIST: Hounded