The last dollar bill

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A recent study has shown that Americans spend billions of dollars a year on their pets alone! In Burkhard Bilger’s non-fiction article “The Last Meow” published in The New Yorker in 2003, Bilger discusses a story of a pet owner who reaches extremes to save their cat. The article discusses the trials and tribulations that American pet lovers go through to save their pets. Shwan Levering and his wife Karen Levering is a low class couple who decides to spend $15,000 on a kidney transplant for their cat named Lady. Some may claim spending this type of money is bright eyed for their health but it is doing the complete opposite for them, especially if they are not financially stable.
Studies show that pets can help people reduce tension and improve moods of a pet owner, particularly for people with mild to moderate depression. In the Bilger’s article, a group of brokers falsely claim their clients had lost $6,000 and states “Everyone’s blood pressure rose, but for those with pets, it rose half as much” (par 22). This quote is significant because it shows why some people are obsessed with t...

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