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Ways to protect your pets from heat stress amid the hot weather

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Check with a groomer if your furry friend needs a trim or a shave – he may not.

With the warming El Nino weather phenomenon expected to set in soon, hotter and drier months may be ahead.

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SINGAPORE Domestic animals

can be more vulnerable to heat stress

because they have a limited number of sweat glands to help them cool down, compared with humans.

And with the warming El Nino weather phenomenon

expected to set in soon,

hotter and drier months may be ahead.

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