Here we go again: on March 31, President Emmanuel Macron announced a new confinement with strict measures – closure of non-essential businesses (clothing stores, toy stores, beauty institutes, etc.), travel ban inter-regional, compulsory teleworking …
A further blow to morale for the French while in November 2020, we were already 20% to suffer from a “depressive state” according to Public Health France …
Cats and dogs, a “source of happiness” during Covid-19
What if our pets could help us through this difficult time? According to a survey carried out in March 2021 by the Ultra Premium Direct brand (among 1,039 people), owners of cats and dogs would be less affected than others by the psychological consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Thus, 84% of owners of cats and dogs say that their pet helps them “support the restrictions related to Covid-19“. For 38% of respondents, dogs and cats constitute a real”bulwark against depression“in this complicated time.
Better: 80% of respondents consider their animal as “an important daily presence“and 74% speak of it as real”source of happiness“and even as a”psychological support“(31%). Finally, 15% of respondents see their pet as a”confidant“to which”you can tell all your secrets“. Cat and dog owners will confirm …
Source: Ultra Premium Direct press release.
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