For many of us pet lovers, losing a pet can be as heartbreaking as losing a person whom we have Shared a close relationship.

对于我们许多宠物爱好者来说，失去了一个宠物就好像失去一个关系密切的人一样令人心碎。

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They keep us connected to the world and other pet lovers, and offer a purpose to get out of bed in the morning.

宠物把我们与外面的世界和其他一些宠物爱好者连结起来，这样，让我们拥有了每天早起的动力并决绝的按时早起。

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For several years it was just the two of us in our white antiseptic apartment, living our pet-free and child-free lives of stylish travel, creative careers and limited family responsibility.

之后很多年我们两个人就一直在我们的洁白清洁的公寓里面进行着我们的无宠无孩儿的时尚之旅，创造性的职业生涯和较少家庭责任的生活。

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Could you tell us the story of how you met your pet?

能谈一下你和你的宠物相遇的故事吗？

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"It's becoming a national movement, " says Penny Jones-Napier, owner of the Big Bad Woof pet store in Hyattsville, Maryland, the first business in the US to adopt the new benefit corporation designation.

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And they're tired of trusting us with their tax dollars when they see them spent on frivolous pet projects and corporate giveaways.

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