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23 December 2000

MANY people feel their pets are part of the family, so naturally they want to
send them Christmas cards. But Stephen Hoy, a Michigan inventor, observes
perceptively that “pets do not get any enjoyment out of receiving such a
card”.

So he has patented “edible animal greetings cards” made of delicacies
appropriate for the species of pet. Horses get cards made of rolled oats, cats
seem to be fond of yellow maize mixed with poultry by-products, while canines
get rawhide.

Happy pets! But their masters and mistresses have not been forgotten either.
Hoy proposes that his cards contain a printed…

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