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Assessing the Current Landscape of Reptile Pet Ownership in Hong Kong: A Foundation for Improved Animal Welfare and Future Research Directions [PDF]
Animals (Basel)We investigated the evolving landscape of reptile pet ownership in Hong Kong. Employing a quantitative approach, a self-administered survey was distributed and over 200 reptile pet owners residing in Hong Kong responded.
Sze-Wing Chan +3 more
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A pilot study on knowledge, attitude, and practice of pet bird owners on zoonotic diseases [PDF]
Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, 2021 Pet ownership in general and pet bird ownership, in particular, is increasing recently. However, the status of pet ownership and the demographics of owners are unclear in Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Fallah Mehrabadi +8 more
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Pet Ownership, Loneliness, and Social Isolation: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2022 Hans-Helmut König +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 The trade and private ownership of non-domesticated animals has detrimental effects on individual animals and their wild populations. Therefore, there is a need to understand the conditions that motivate and dissuade interest in non-domesticated pet ...
Katherine A. Cronin +5 more
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Household preferences for pet keeping: Findings from a rural district of Sri Lanka.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Pet ownership is an integral part of a modern-day family. It provides a wide range of benefits to humans. However, data on pet ownership are relatively limited from rural regions, Southern Asia and low-middle-income countries.
Devarajan Rathish +2 more
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Pet ownership and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Scientific Reports, 2022 The question of pet ownership contributing to human well-being has received mixed empirical evidence. This contrasts with the lay intuition that pet ownership contributes positively to wellness.
Catherine E. Amiot +2 more
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Cat and/or Dog Ownership, Cardiovascular Disease, and Obesity: A Systematic Review
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Pet ownership, the most common human–animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions.
Cristina S. Barroso +5 more
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Pet ownership and grief – Exploring how pet ownership effects owners’ mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study [PDF]
, 2023 Animal‑assisted interventions (AAIs) have exhibited encouraging outcomes in enhancing human mental health. However, research has investigated the potential benefits of untrained pets for human mental wellbeing, as training animals for ...
French, Blandine +3 more
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One Health, 2021 Introduction: The negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health and physical activity is well reported. While prior studies showed a positive influence of pet ownership on physical activity and mental health, the ...
Joel Shi Quan Tan +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Pets often factor in older adults’ health behaviors and decisions. However, the degree to which issues related to pet ownership are encountered or addressed by professionals working with this population remains unknown.
Jessica Bibbo +4 more
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