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Overweight mouse
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-26 09:20

An overweight mouse sits in a human hand in this undated handout photograph provided by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death as pet owners pass on rising levels of obesity by overfeeding their cats and dogs, says the country's main animal welfare body May 24, 2006. (RSPCA/Handout/Reuters)

An overweight mouse sits in a human hand in this undated handout photograph provided by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). Australia is a nation of pet lovers but it may be loving its animals to death as pet owners pass on rising levels of obesity by overfeeding their cats and dogs, says the country's main animal welfare body May 24, 2006. [Reuters]