Pets are family members.

宠物是人们的家庭成员。

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The researchers explained that "Many owners regard their pets as a family member, and form close social bonds with them."

研究人员解释说，许多主人将他们的宠物视为家庭成员，并与它们形成密切的社会关系。

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From family pets and wild animals to toys, stuffed animals, and media images, animals are a central part of every child's world.

从家庭宠物和野生动物到玩具、毛绒动物和媒体图片，动物是每个孩子世界的主要部分。

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When it arrives, the new family member will join a long list of pets that have lived in the White House.

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She has said that her family was very poor and that she had cockroaches for pets.

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They also say more than 70 percent of pet owners who enter shelters report their abuser has threatened, injured or killed family pets.

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He claimed some of the animals were like family pets and they were only found in overcrowded conditions as he had brought them in from the rain.

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His mansion remains virtually untouched, save for a cursory cleaning of the algae-ridden pool and the addition of enlarged photos of his exotic pets, his family and his funeral that now decorate the former bedroom walls.

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