Many owners say it is precisely because modern industrial society is so far removed from nature that they want to keep pets, as well as to give their children a companion while growing up.
讓孩子和大自然一起長大許多養寵物的人會說，就是因為現代工商社會離大自然太遠了，才想要養只動物，不少父母也都希望孩子能有寵物陪伴長大。