Some people have been craving company as they spend more time at home due to the pandemic.
And growing numbers have been adopting pets from animal shelters to ease their isolation.
This Australian schoolteacher got a cat from a group that helps abandoned pets.
(Foster parent)
"We're all going to be indoors for a fair bit, so I figured now is as good a time as any."
This charity group saw a 300 percent increase in adoptions last weekend.
It says animals can relieve loneliness and anxiety, but it also stresses that pets are a long-term commitment.
And growing numbers have been adopting pets from animal shelters to ease their isolation.
This Australian schoolteacher got a cat from a group that helps abandoned pets.
(Foster parent)
"We're all going to be indoors for a fair bit, so I figured now is as good a time as any."
This charity group saw a 300 percent increase in adoptions last weekend.
It says animals can relieve loneliness and anxiety, but it also stresses that pets are a long-term commitment.
◆crave 切望する to have an extremely strong desire for something
◆adopt （人・動物などを）引き取る to take someone else’s child into your home and legally become its parent → foster
◆isolation 隔離、孤立、孤独 ～現在 when one group, person, or thing is separate from others
◆adoption 養子縁組 the act or process of adopting a child
◆anxiety 不安 the feeling of being very worried about something SYN concern
◆commitment 責任 something that you have promised you will do or that you have to do