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Collected Item: “Pet Love”

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Pet Love

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photo

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

During this pandemic, the love of our fur babies has become even more important. Our fur babies have become even more spoiled I feel since many of us are working from home, holding meetings via zoom, and overall being forced to be sequestered with our own four walls. The increase of adoption of pets has been seen nationwide and I can see why as they provide love, comfort, entertainment, and more. Pets have been studied and it is a known fact that they lower stress, increase people in the positive direction, keep people active, and have many more benefits. I feel very blessed to have my fur babies. This is important to document during the pandemic because pets are all part of the pandemic experience because they have been affected by COVID-19 as well.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#HST580, #Arizona State University, #pet, #COVID-19, #adoption

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Robert Baker-Nicholas

Give this story a date.

2021-02-07
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