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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicPets

Topic: Pets

Pet adoption ads need to be better written than ‘adopt, don’t shop’

David Markowitz -
I studied and quantified the language patterns of nearly 680,000 adopted and unadopted pet ads. This is what I found.

Urban India’s love for pets is growing. Without any rules

Ramanath Jha -
The absence of any rules and regulations on pet control in India means there are no mechanisms to settle a range of disputes.

Here’s what you need to do if your dog looks depressed. First, don’t Google it

Vishwam Sankaran -
Researchers have long studied similarities between human & animal mental health. Turns out, depressed pets can do with a therapist too. 

People are probably better at choosing a pet than a spouse

Faye Flam -
In a paper on Behavior Research Methods, researchers noted that 43% of marriages end in divorce within 15 years but only about 13% of people returned their pets to the shelter.

Here’s how to pet your cat, according to science

Lauren Finka -
Lots of cats do like being touched, but lots probably don’t – and many tolerate it at best.

We have to ask ourselves – is it ethical to keep pets?

Corey Lee Wrenn -
The institution of pet-keeping is fundamentally unjust as it involves the manipulation of animals’ bodies, behaviours and emotional lives.

Economists are stumped on the price of your pets

Faye Flam -
Pet owners are willing to spend thousands of dollars to get their pets treated.

Bengaluru has an ‘approved list’ for pets and your Golden Retriever didn’t make it

Chinthana Gopinath -
Neither did Beagles, Cocker Spaniels, Boxers, or Indian dogs. The new rules also require owners to muzzle their German Shepherds.
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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

Snehesh Alex Philip -
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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