A new study has revealed that the sleep quality of the surprisingly high number of children who share a bed with their pets is indistinguishable from those who sleep alone.
Category: Animals and Human Health
Renting with Pets: Resources for Tenants and Landlords
FIREPAW’s Companion Animal Renter’s Program [CARP] was recently referred to readers by a Washington Post op-ed written by award-winning journalist S.E. Smith. It was a piece about the reported spike in post-pandemic pet dumping in which, rather than pointing fingers at the pet-owners, the author offers more expansive, socio-cultural contextual factors as explanations for pet abandonment in the U.S. Read on for Resources for Tenants and Landlords…Rental Housing and Pets…
Laboratory Animals and Useless Suffering: Essay
A cancer patient contemplates the value and suffering of laboratory animals used for medical and scientific research … “The 75,000 … More
Kids Love Therapy Dogs and Learn Social Skills Too: Study
It turns out there is a lot to be gained from matching therapy dogs with children. The results of a new study demonstrated that children not only reap the benefits of working with therapy dogs, they enjoy it too.
Caring for Pets during COVID: Study
The results of a new study have revealed that animal owners frequently report concerns and worries relating to caring for their animal during the pandemic. The study also revealed pet owners had increased their appreciation of their animals during the first lock-down phase.
Dogs Only: New Rules for Service Animals on U.S. Airplanes
Under final U.S. Transportation Department rules issued December 2, 2020 only trained dogs qualify as service animals on U.S. airlines.
Pets are Lifesaving Heroes of the Lockdown
A new study has recently revealed the lifesaving role that pets have played in 2020. In addition to helping people cope with loneliness during the lockdown, one of the key ways pets are helping their human family members is by providing a much overlooked necessity for humans: physical touch.
Cats as Carriers of Corona Virus
New scientific research has found that domestic cats can be asymptomatic (no symptoms) yet still be carriers of SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19.
Pets, the Lock-Down, and Mental Health
The results of a new study revealed that sharing a home with a pet appeared to act as a buffer against human psychological stress during lock-down.
Loss of a Pet Can Trigger Mental Health Problems in Kids
According to new research the death of a family pet can trigger a sense of grief in children that is profound and prolonged, and can potentially lead to subsequent mental health issues.
Covid-Sniffing Dogs?
Will dogs be the ultimate test to determine if humans have contracted the Corona Virus (Covid-19)? A new trial at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) is trying to determine that right now.
Pets and CoronaVirus: UPDATE
New information has been released regarding pets and coronavirus. The new findings demonstrated that cats and kittens are at particular risk.
