The new leaflet explains how pet owners can get a pet passport for their dog, cat or ferret, and has advice on microchips and disease prevention.

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In the game, players get to adopt a virtual pet.

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Normally, most people lose a pet and get another and keep going on.

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Better yet, you can don 3D goggles and get a real-time view of your pet, and even put on electric sensor footwear that allow you to walk a mile in your chicken's shoes.

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Ms. COMDEN: (Singing) Gone with the Wind, Scarlet O'Hara's a spoiled pet, she wants everything that she can get.

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"That's really pretty important, even if we get to 1, 000 there is no way that we can sustain a harvest for the pet trade, " he added.

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This issue has been a pet peeve of mine for years, not only because of just how many calls I get, but because there seems to be so little information about the phenomenon online.

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Cottonwood Heights police cited Thomas Cobb a week ago for failure to have an exotic pet permit and told him he had until Friday to get rid of all but one of his 29 boa constrictors.

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