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In Praise of Pets: Making No Bones About It with Efithia Lachanas of Nine Lives Greece

Season 1, Ep. 29

Do you love your fur baby? Of course you do! Pets bring us joy, companionship, and are even good for our health.


Most people seek to bring into their homes dogs, cats, rabbits, or even the odd hedgehog or snake, but exotic pets can pose a myriad of issues for the owner. So where do we draw the line?


Listen in as we have a real chat with Eftihia Lachanas, a representative of Nine Lives Greece. Nine Lives Greece is a network of volunteers that is dedicated to the reduction of the stray cat overpopulation through trap-neuter-return programmes in Athens, Greece.


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Sources


“The Psychological and Physical Benefits of Having a Pet”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-mind-body-connection/202010/the-psychological-and-physical-benefits-having-pet


“Ask Smithsonian: When Did People Start Keeping Pets?”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-when-did-people-start-keeping-pets-180960616/


“Pet Ownership Statistics 2023”

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/pet-insurance/pet-ownership-statistics/#:~:text=at%20a%20 Glance-,66%25%20of%20U.S.%20households%20(86.9%20million%20homes)%20own%20a,fish%20(11.1%20million%20households).


“The Truth About Pet Spending Statistics And How Much Pet Owners Spend on Pet Ownership!”

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/pet-spending-statistics/


“Breaking: Big Cat Public Safety Act passes the US Senate and heads to President Biden’s desk”

https://www.humanesociety.org/news/breaking-big-cat-public-safety-act-passes-us-senate-and-heads-president-bidens-desk


“How did America end up with the world’s largest tiger population?”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/tiger-trafficking-america


“Being a 'crazy pet person' can give you a longer life”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2113072/Being-crazy-pet-person-longer-life.html


“Top Signs That You’re a Crazy Pet Owner and Need to Tone It Down”

https://www.hudsonvet.com/blog/top-signs-that-youre-a-crazy-pet-owner-and-need-to-tone-it-down/


“10 Exotic Animals You Can Legally Own as Pets in Canada”

https://cansumer.ca/exotic-animals-as-pets-in-canada/



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