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The wild world of trust funds for pets

10 mins | Apr 20, 2019

81% of pet owners say they value their pets as much as their own children. Zachary Crockett, writing in The Hustle, looks at the small but growing number of Americans are leaving inheritances to their pets. Read by Rex Anderson, for Curio.

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