CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THIS ANIMAL THAT’S BEEN A
PART OF THEIR LIFE GETS TO BE A
BIGGER PART OF THEIR LIFE.
 IT’S ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE
A POSITIVE THAT’S HAPPENED
THANKS TO THE COVID 19 CRISI
>> WE’VE GENERALLY SEEN THAT
PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT SOCIALLY
ISOLATING BUT THEY DON’T HAVE TO
SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEY’RE
ANIMALS.
>> MORE INVOLVED DAILY ROUTINES
TAKING THEM ON VACATIONS THE
GROUP SAYS IT SEEMS MAN’S BEST
FRIEND HAS BECOME A BETTER ONE.
>> WE’RE FINDING THAT PEOPLE A
FILLING UP SOME OF THE LOST
CONNECTION TIME WITH ANIMALS,
>> THE STUDY FOUND.
68% OF OWNERS SAY THEIR DOGS
HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE OF AN
EMOTIONAL COMPANION OVER THE
COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THERE IS A 14% INCREASE IN
DESIRE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH
THEIR DOG THAN THEY DID BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC
MEN 15% WERE 3 TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO ADOPT A DOG OVER THE LAST 6
MONTHS.
AND 41% OF WOMEN SAY THEY ARE
SPENDING MORE TIME OUTSIDE WITH
THEIR DOGS.
MEANING HEALTHIER PETS.
>> AS A RESULT THEY’RE MOR
AWARE OF THEIR CONDITION RIGHT
IF IT’S LIMPING OR SOMETHI
WILL NOTICE THAT.
>> OBVIOUSLY FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON’T HAVE PETS IS IN A TREND
FOR THEM TO GO GET THEM.
PETS AND ANIMALS ARE PART OF
ACTIVE THERAPY PROGRAMS WE’VE
SEEN MORE AND MORE ABOUT USING
ANIMALS AS A THERAPEUTIC OPTION
ALONGSIDE MEDICINE ALONE SIDE
-- ALONGSIDE MEDICINE.
>> MEANING OUR PETS HAVE HELPED
US GET THROUGH THIS MORE THAN WE
COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
>> PEOPLE WHO CONNECT ARE
