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THE IMPORTANCE OF PETS Issue Pets are part of our everyday lives and part of our families. They provide us with companionship but also with emotional support, reduce our stress levels, sense of loneliness and help us to increase our social activities and add to a child’s self-esteem and positive emotional development. In return, as responsible pet owners we need to ensure that our animals are kept healthy, fit, get nutritious food, love and affection and proper housing and care. Pets help out in many societal ways as well, especially dogs. Their sense of smell and the fact they can be easily trained have led to dogs being used to help people in an extraordinarily diverse range of activities: therapy dogs are taken to nursing homes, hospitals, care centres for the disabled to engage with patients to help their quality of life by making them more sociable and encourage interaction and activities. Rescue dogs have been trained to take on a number of tasks in searching for survivors after natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, avalanches, etc. They assist firemen and policemen in tracking people and they rescue thousands of people across the world every year. Medical alert and detection dogs help in detecting cancer, but also have been trained to help people with severe forms of Diabetes , Narcolepsy, Addison’s Disease, and Epilepsy to ensure they get medical attention when necessary. These dogs save people’s lives on a daily basis. And then there are the assistance dogs we see regularly when we are out and about: they are trained to help physically impaired people (the disabled, blind and deaf people) in their everyday needs and perform a number of tasks to facilitate people’s lives from opening and closing doors to helping people undress, to emptying washing machines. More and more people have pets who share our homes and daily lives. Like us, our pets live longer as well. We need new and improved ways to care for them as our pets are living longer than in the past. Our contribution One of our main responsibilities towards our pets is ensuring their health and welfare. When a pet is sick, it needs medical attention, and even on a yearly basis a pet should have a check-up by a veterinarian. Like us, our pets can get sick and need medicines too. Preventing and curing disease not only keeps them healthy, but it keeps us healthy too. The animal health sector is at the forefront of pet healthcare and is continuously developing new products to ensure our pets lead comfortable and healthy lives. This includes vaccination, deworming, flea and tick treatments, dental care and skincare. When a family decides to welcome a cat or dog into their home, it is important to have them checked over by a vet and ensure they are vaccinated against serious diseases such as Rabies, Hepatitis, Parvovirus or Leptospirosis in dogs or Chlamydiosis, Cat Flu, and Feline Leukaemia in cats. Anti-parasitics are vital if you want to share your home with a cat or a dog – ensuring they are free of fleas, worms, ticks