We are rich in flora and fauna, and the people who love animals carry on with the viewpoint that keeping a cat or dog can help us to live a happier, longer and healthier life.
Many studies revealed that a stretch of pet-stroking can lower one’s heart rate (and even the pet’s), easing one’s body into a less stressed condition.
There is evidence from Germany and Australia, they had studied on 10,000 pet-owners and analyzed that they made fewer visits to the doctor and, from China; the studies revealed that pet-owners sleep more soundly than those who are not having pets.
So, it is the potential danger and each year, this sends an estimated 87,000 people to hospitals in the US, particularly elderly people.
But with this they are far more likely to be exposed to violence by another human than by a dog, cat or pygmy hedgehog.
There are many other factors to be focused before planning for it, as many academics had pointed out, that it could contribute to our general health also like a source of income and how much one can spend on them as they require proper care like a child, so pets cost money.