Besides providing mere companionship, pets invite us to love and be loved.

宠物除了提供单纯的陪伴外，还带领我们去爱和被爱。

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While there are many advantages of having a pet, keeping one in the dorms can be problematic because some students may be allergic to pets.

虽然养宠物有许多好处，在宿舍养宠物却可能会有问题，因为有些学生可能对宠物过敏。

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People like having small furry animals to stroke, but pets can be expensive to feed.

人们喜欢有毛茸茸的小动物以抚摸，但宠物养起来会很费钱。

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"Nobody really considers it to be dangerous or harmful to pets in any way, and it's certainly not as intensive as livestock fencing, " he said.

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Just as logical thinking said it was perfectly fine to be invested in Pets.com and Garden.com in 1999 and 2000.

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Indeed, in some respects the government has been ever so quietly relaxing the ban: guidance issued by the agriculture ministry in March allowed beef bones to be supplied for pets.

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