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Americans pick pet over partner for desert island

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Thu Sep 4, 2008 12:45pm EDT
Co-founder of Little Lily, Lara Alameddine, dresses her dog Lily in Los Angeles, California February 18, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than two thirds of Americans would rather be stranded on a desert island with their pet than with their partner, a poll showed on Thursday.

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The survey of 1,105 pet owners by Petplan, a provider of health insurance for dogs and cats, also found more than half threw parties for their pets, nearly 70 percent share their beds with a pet, 63 percent cook for their pets and 68 percent dress their pets up.

Americans spent about $48 billion on pets in 2007, according to U.S. consumer research company Packaged Facts.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by David Storey)
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