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Posted: 12/20/2011 3:05:50 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2011 file photo, Rhona Levy poses for a picture at the grave site where she has buried some of her pets and plans to have her own remains buried at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y. The New York State Cemetery Board has proposed regulations that will once again permit pet owners to have their ashes interred with their beloved animals in pet cemeteries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Posted: 12/19/2011 10:43:17 PM EST
Trent Arsenault pets his cat at his home in Fremont, California, December 19, 2011. Arsenault, who has produced 14 children with more than 300 sperm donations to 46 women, is violating laws that require donation of human tissue to be tested, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Hewlett Packard engineer has hired an attorney, saying the FDA has no business interfering in his private transactions. REUTERS/Kimberly White (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 11:35:32 PM EST
People attend a regional cat exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 11:34:37 PM EST
People take photographs of cats in cages during a regional cat exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 11:33:55 PM EST
Chester, who won the most popular cat prize, looks on during a regional cat exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 11:31:54 PM EST
A cat is carried by his owner during a regional cat exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 9:58:40 PM EST
Natalia Bannikova from Ukraine holds "Mina", her kitten, during a regional cats exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 9:48:50 PM EST
Citrino, a Cuban blue cat, is carried by its owner after winning the best cat prize during a regional cat exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 9:43:17 PM EST
A woman with a cat tattoo on her shoulder attends a regional cats exhibition in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
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Posted: 12/18/2011 9:38:05 PM EST
Chester, who won the most popular cat prize, hisses during the Great Exhibition Association Annual Feline of Cuban cat fanciers in Havana December 18, 2011. Some 150 pets of various breeds took part in the exhibition. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa (CUBA - Tags: ANIMALS)
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Posted: 12/11/2011 4:17:41 AM EST
Australian jockey Craig Williams pets Dunaden after winning Hong Kong Vase as part of the Hong Kong International Races at Shatin race track in Hong Kong December 11, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SPORT HORSE RACING)
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Posted: 12/6/2011 12:30:49 PM EST
FILE- In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, a Snuggie for dogs is modeled in the Snuggie fall 2009/winter 2010 collection show during Fashion Week in New York. In recent years, Snuggie for pets has been one of the top choices for gift-giving pet owners during the holidays. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, FILE)
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Posted: 11/15/2011 1:05:57 PM EST
Graphic shows AP-Petside.com poll results on how pet owners obtain their pets
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Posted: 11/15/2011 1:05:57 PM EST
This March 16, 2010, photo shows Olive, one of the dogs rescued from a shelter waiting at the Woof Worx pet store, in Los Angeles. A new AP-Petside.com poll found that the most common way people acquire pets is as a gift, followed by taking in a stray. About four in 10 pet owners say at least one of their current pets was given to them by friends or family, while a third say they have a pet that showed up on their doorstep as a stray. Shelters and breeders are next on the list as sources for pets. Thirty percent of those polled say they adopted through a shelter, 31 percent got their pets from a breeder and 14 percent bought their animals at a pet store. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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Posted: 11/13/2011 1:50:54 PM EST
An elderly Thai couple and their pets ride a boat as they are evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Bangkok authorities are telling more residents to leave as floodwaters threaten southwestern neighborhoods in the Thai capital. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Posted: 11/8/2011 5:29:10 PM EST
In this Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 photo, Steve Gottula, 48, left, sits with his dog Sky while daughter Belle, 12, pets Odie at their home in Spring, Texas. Gottula's holiday gift budget was $100 last year and he figures it will run about the same this year for the family's two dogs and seven cats. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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Posted: 11/8/2011 5:29:10 PM EST
Chart shows results of opinion polls on buying holiday gifts for pets
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Posted: 11/8/2011 5:29:10 PM EST
Sky has his toe nails painted by 13-year-old Kourtney Gottula Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at her home in Spring, Texas. Just over half of American pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this holiday season, and they'll spend an average of $46 on their animals, (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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Posted: 10/27/2011 2:15:50 PM EST
A protester holds a sign asking for donations for pets at the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 in New York. Some businesses and residents are losing patience with the protesters in Zuccotti Park, the unofficial headquarters of the movement that began in mid-September. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Posted: 10/27/2011 4:50:47 AM EST
Oakland police officer Ruten pets a kitten left behind by Occupy Oakland protestors Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protestors were evicted from Frank H. Ogawa plaza early this morning. Police in riot gear began clearing anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
