Hear, boy? Pet translators will be on sale soon, Amazon says

Retailer backs futurologist's claim that devices conversing in canine will be available in, ruffly speaking, a decade

Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah, as Dr Doolittle once sang - what a neat achievement that would be. Well, Amazon has revealed that the animal-loving doctor's ambition might not be entirely fantasy.

Pet translators that can turn woofs into words and make sense of miaows, might really be on the horizon, according to a report backed by the internet retailer.