China opens first dog food bakery – answers

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1. They’ve come to China’s first canine bakery just outside Beijing.
2. My dogs normally just have dog food, but then I heard about this place from a friend so I thought I’d check it out.
3. Owner, Song Yu, says its sweet potato, carrot and pumpkin bakes are selling like hot cakes.
4. "Forecasts show that pet products may top $6.2 billion in 2012. If that’s the case and if we can secure even a small share of the market, we’ll be extremely successful".
5. In Britain pet lovers spent more than $12 billion last year on pet food alone and it’s one of the few industries that continued to grow throughout the recession.
6. But, less than 40 years ago just owning a dog in China was illegal. Considered by Chairman Mao’s communist party to be too decadent when there wasn’t enough food for its people.