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The rich mourn their pets for six months, blow Sh50,000 on funeral budget

When former United States President Barack Obama announced the death of Bo, the family’s pet dog on May 9 this year, social media came to a standstill.

On the one hand, pet lovers poured in their messages of condolence for the former first dog of the US; while on the other hand, critics came out guns blazing over what they termed as excessive attention given to ‘just a dog’.

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