Raising a pet at home brings many psychological benefits to the owner, especially when adopting a stray animal and rescuing it from a painful fate it might face on the street at any moment. On the occasion of World Stray Animals Day, we review the benefits of raising a stray animal at home, according to the website “health.ucdavis.”.

Adopting a stray pet helps reduce the owner’s feeling of stress through playing with and hugging the animal, which helps improve their mood. Many studies have confirmed that spending time with pets improves physical, mental, and psychological health.

Providing unconditional love and support to the pet makes the owner feel familiarity and comfort, which helps combat depression and anxiety.

Raising a pet requires attention to its cleanliness and food, which necessitates getting out of bed to meet the animal’s needs, in addition to taking it for walks, which helps practice walking exercise.

Adopting and caring for pets teaches children valuable lessons in empathy, responsibility, and community service. Empathy often stems from shared emotional experiences, whether happy moments or difficult times, where caring makes a big difference.

Adopting a stray animal from the street helps reduce the number of stray animals and eases the pressure on rescue organizations and local resources.

Adopting a stray animal also saves money that would have been spent on buying a pet to raise at home.