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PET STORE

A manager of The Pet Company at Hamilton Place mall threw a hamster in a trash compactor because of the animal’s history of fighting with other hamsters. The hamster was still alive, a former employee testified Monday during the second day of a Chattanooga City Court trial in which city officials are fighting to put the store out of business.