Clegg

When Emily, a 12-year-old black Labrador retriever in Texas, began showing signs of old age— intermittent limping and inability to jump on the bed—her owner, Maxine Clegg, started getting nervous about her best friend.

Clegg, a schoolteacher, tears up at the idea of losing her best friend one day.

Clegg isn’t an outlier; 76 percent of pet owners say they’d go into debt to prolong their animal’s life, according to a survey from personal finance website ValuePenguin.

As for Clegg, she clings to the idea of keeping Emily around longer, but knows she can’t be selfish.

Joel Kaplan, a prominent Republican, has been chosen to replace Sir Nick Clegg as Meta's global affairs chief.