I suppose it should come as no surprise that pudgy Brits have pudgy pets. Reuters reports
Eight of Britain’s fattest pets are to embark on a 100-day diet and fitness regime in a bid to crowned this year’s pet fit club champion. The seven dogs and one cat, who are all more than 30 percent overweight and weigh a combined total of 191 kg (30 stones), were picked by veterinary charity PDSA who are running the slimming contest. The animals, who need to lose a total of 74 kg to reach their ideal weight, will be put on specially tailored diet and exercise programs. The pet who achieves the biggest percentage weight loss and best follows their new regime will be crowned champion, winning their owner a pet-friendly holiday.
There’s a simpler way to make the obese critters lose weight… ship them to countries where they are delicacies. That way you kill two birds with one stone: the hungry are fed and the overweight beasts are dealt with in a way befitting their worth. It’s the ‘Swiftian Solution’ (you’ll recall, I hope, that J. Swift suggested that the cure for the Irish famine was Irish cannibalism- curing both the problem of the famine and the problem of the Irish).
