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Here’s how one website — petprojectblog.com — translates the commentary that accompanies the video of one dog trying to save another after it was hit by a car on a highway in Chile:

“These images seen from the surveillance cameras show a very common situation with our overpopulated highways. It is normal for us to see dogs run over. In the video, we can see this dog fighting for his life because he was run over by the vehicle.  What is very touching is to see the very heroic actions of this other dog who is trying to pull him to the side of the highway. We are going to keep seeing things like this until we find a solution to the dogs living on the streets.”

Bernalillo County, New Mexico is considering a ban on the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores.

The ban could be included in an animal-control ordinance the county board of commissioners is discussing at a Dec. 9 meeting.

Although the proposed ordinance, as it’s now written, does not ban cat and dog sales, the ban could be added as a floor amendment prior to the consideration of the proposed ordinance, Pet Product News is reporting.

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