Today is National Pet Day!
This day is about celebrating pets. Pets of all kinds. Dogs, cats, fish, bunnies, even gators. Yes, I would not be surprised if there are people who own pet gators. I can imagine that's a thing in Florida.
National Pet Day was created in 2006 by Colleen Paige. An animal welfare advocate, she came up with this day as a way to celebrate the joy and health benefits of owning pets. It's been shown that owning pets can be good for heart health.
Paige also used the day to raise awareness of the many pets in shelters looking to be adopted. And there are a lot of them. About 6.5 million pets come to shelters. Lots of animals out there needing a little bit of love.
So, give your pets a little bit of extra love today!
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