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12:50 February 20th, 2006

Fête your pet, glut your mutt…

Posted by: Robert Basler
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Dog owners select food for their pets at Coolbaby Pet Restaurant in Beijing February 20, 2006. This is the first restaurant especially designed for pets in Beijing. The restaurant also offers to walk the pets after meals. REUTERS/China Daily

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Human rights protestors express outrage at the Chinese tradition of human-testing of dog cosmetics and food delicacies. With the world’s largest population, China is experimenting with new ways to create a labor force to employ millions of migrant workers. Coolbaby Pet Restaurant in Beijing tests food samples before serving to their distinguished canine clientele.

- Posted by Joseph Chirst (carpenter)

Bone Appetit! Beijing’s first especially-for-pets restaurant, Coolbaby, serves up a smorgasbord of canine treats, but owners do all the “ordering.” Dogs owners select food for their pets at Coolbaby Pet Restaurant in Beijing February 20, 2006. And talk about pampered: The restaurant also offers after-meal walks to all its diners.

- Posted by Bill Hogan

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