The car is the pet project of Ratan Tata, the Tata group's revered chairman, who is over six feet tall.

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Feed your pet only lightly before getting in the car -- pets can become carsick.

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Among other things, he is keen to protect a pet project, Proton, the national car company.

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One of the things Mitt Romney is famous for, along with inventing Obamacare and paying taxes at a very low rate, is driving to Canada with his pet dog strapped to the top of the car.

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The owner of a monkey that was confiscated by the authorities after it escaped and ran around the car park of a Toronto Ikea wants her pet back.

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