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Friday Photo: Has the pet industry finally gone too far?

Surely this qualifies as animal abuse: Models shows off dogs in designer outfits during the 2007 Pet Fashion Week NY dog runway fashion show, August 19, 2007. Pet Fashion Week was launched a year ago for buyers and sellers of pet lifestyle items from all over the world to exhibit new ideas and innovation in ...

By , a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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Surely this qualifies as animal abuse:

Surely this qualifies as animal abuse:

Models shows off dogs in designer outfits during the 2007 Pet Fashion Week NY dog runway fashion show, August 19, 2007. Pet Fashion Week was launched a year ago for buyers and sellers of pet lifestyle items from all over the world to exhibit new ideas and innovation in the pet industry. (Photos: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.

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