Is human relationship with pets useful?
Animals started to live side by side with people thousands of years ago. In
ancient Egypt people known to keep dogs to protect their houses and lands.
Remains of the dogs and cats were found, for example, in ancient burial sites in
Egypt. While big animals like horses or cows were used to work and to provide
food, small animals, like cats, or birds, obviously were kept for fun and
companionship. With all the progress going on, it is not necessary to keep
animal to survive, but, amazingly, the population and the variety of home pets
is growing. I believe it has some positive sides and some negative.
I heard from many of my friends, that there is nothing like coming home
tonight and being greeted by a dog or a cat. They say, it takes all the daily stress
away and provides immediate relaxation. And there is no need to talk! I read a
few articles in medical magazines, that cats can help people with all kind of
body pains, just rubbing off the sore spot. Their warm and energy provide some
therapeutic effect. Another positive aspect of having a dog, for example, is that
people have to go outside, regardless of the weather. It gives dog owner
constant stimulation to exercise. Some people in my neighborhood are jogging
with their dog s, keeping themselves and the dogs healthy.
On the other hand, some negative tendencies were shown recently. Needless to
say pet owners are very fond of their animal friends. Some people treat them as
their children and more and more often prefer them to real people, even kids. It
happened, that when a dog threatened the child in the park, the owner would
not call the dog and would let it harm the kid. Besides that, I don't think it is
healthy for people to escape their relationship problem and create and extra
tight binds with an animal. We all know that animal's lives are shorter, than
people's are, and the loss of the favorite pet can be just devastating. Another
example is the growing fashion trend to keep exotic and dangerous animals as
pets, such as crocodiles, lizards, or snakes. In some cases, it not only illegal, but
very dangerous for everybody, even for the owner.
To sum I would like to point out, that friendship between people and animals
can be very fulfilling, when it is well-balanced and does not, in any way, harms
one side or another.
Animals started to live side by side with people thousands of years ago. In
ancient Egypt people known to keep dogs to protect their houses and lands.
Remains of the dogs and cats were found, for example, in ancient burial sites in
Egypt. While big animals like horses or cows were used to work and to provide
food, small animals, like cats, or birds, obviously were kept for fun and
companionship. With all the progress going on, it is not necessary to keep
animal to survive, but, amazingly, the population and the variety of home pets
is growing. I believe it has some positive sides and some negative.
I heard from many of my friends, that there is nothing like coming home
tonight and being greeted by a dog or a cat. They say, it takes all the daily stress
away and provides immediate relaxation. And there is no need to talk! I read a
few articles in medical magazines, that cats can help people with all kind of
body pains, just rubbing off the sore spot. Their warm and energy provide some
therapeutic effect. Another positive aspect of having a dog, for example, is that
people have to go outside, regardless of the weather. It gives dog owner
constant stimulation to exercise. Some people in my neighborhood are jogging
with their dog s, keeping themselves and the dogs healthy.
On the other hand, some negative tendencies were shown recently. Needless to
say pet owners are very fond of their animal friends. Some people treat them as
their children and more and more often prefer them to real people, even kids. It
happened, that when a dog threatened the child in the park, the owner would
not call the dog and would let it harm the kid. Besides that, I don't think it is
healthy for people to escape their relationship problem and create and extra
tight binds with an animal. We all know that animal's lives are shorter, than
people's are, and the loss of the favorite pet can be just devastating. Another
example is the growing fashion trend to keep exotic and dangerous animals as
pets, such as crocodiles, lizards, or snakes. In some cases, it not only illegal, but
very dangerous for everybody, even for the owner.
To sum I would like to point out, that friendship between people and animals
can be very fulfilling, when it is well-balanced and does not, in any way, harms
one side or another.
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