For a growing number of Australians, these are lonely times. More of us are living alone, and fewer of us are having children. And as a consolation, it seems, increasingly we're turning to our friends. But more and more of our closest mates now have fur and four legs, and we just love them to pieces ... to the tune of some $2.3 billion a year. Believe it or not, that's more than we as a nation spend on foreign aid. So, we decided it was time to seriously investigate this pampered world of pets to find out exactly where all that money is going.
Australians spend $2.3b a year on their furry friends.
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