I have always had pets since I was a young child, I have 2 cats and 2 dogs currently. Do you have pets?
I used to have 2 cats. pets are there for emotional and physical benefits.
Yes There are also pets that serve medical purposes too!
Yes that is true! They are very special to the elderly who don't really get that social interaction in their lives.
Yes I agree! That didn't automatically come to mind for me so thats a really good point! There are all kinds of different pets too!
There are so many! You have popular ones like cats and dogs, then others like pigs, rabbits, hamsters, so many more.
Yes people even have like.. .SNAKES and spiders for pets! CRINGE!
such as children in hospitals or elders in nursing homes. Pet therapy utilizes trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive or emotional goals with patients.
Some scholars, ethicists and animal rights organizations have raised concerns over keeping pets because of the lack of autonomy and objectification of nonhuman animals.
Pet popularity.
There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats and approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States, and a United States 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but
pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
Pets provide their owners (or "guardians") both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans,