Loving Their Pets to Debt
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Published 2024-07-17
Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter for The Times, discusses how pet care became a multi-billion-dollar industry, and the fraught emotional and financial landscape that has created for pet owners.
Guest: Katie Thomas (www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/health/pets-veterinary-…) , an investigative health care reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• Why you’re paying your veterinarian so much (www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/health/pets-veterinary-…) .
• From 2021: A pandemic-era pet boom spurred veterinary companies to open new, upscale clinics (www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/business/vets-pet-care-…) .
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
All Comments (8)
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This and funeral home chains, big businesses knows how easy it is to rob you blind when you are most emotionally vulnerable.
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Having a pet is a luxury item now. Just like a house, an education, and having kids
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To many of us, especially the elderly, our pets are like our children within reason we will do whatever it takes.
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UMMM i think you posted this a day early. but i'm going to listen to it before it gets taken down >:)!!!!! nananananana
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Why's a 'Friday' episode being released on Thursday morning?
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Financially speaking, in today's economy having a house plant is akin to having a pet; having a pet akin to having a kid; and having a kid is akin to having exotic animals that only wealthy people can afford.
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The culture of pet worship, especially with regards to dogs, is a very strange development, and I believe masks a deeper pathology in society as a whole
