The epidemic of mostly small white yappers is apparent,from Europe to Australia there is no lap, arm or leg free from such a pet dog. China is catching up. New York has now its glossy Vogue for pampered Barbie-pets: 'The NY Dog'. Luxury goods, boutique gear, necklaces, earrings  and dog horoscopes are available. The pet industry has doubled in the last decade. " Spending by U.S. consumers on their 153 million dogs and cats has doubled in the past decade, to $34.4 billion last year, making the pet industry the country's seventh-largest retail segment-60 percent larger than the $20 billion human-toy industry"

The production of this mono-culture of domestic (mostly urban) pets stands in stark contrast to the species extinction rates of the Earth: "Changes in biodiversity were more rapid in the last 50 years than at any time in human history... Future models are very uncertain but all of them tell us that as we move into the next 100 years, we'll be seeing extinction rates that are a thousand to 10,000 times those in the fossil record."