Even watching fish in an aquarium can help reduce muscle tension and lower your pulse rate. The Overseas Briefing Center provides country-specific pet information for the foreign affairs community assigned to a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad. We encourage pet owners to review carefully their travel plans for upcoming international moves. Food bills, veterinary care, licenses, grooming costs, toys, bedding, boarding fees, and other maintenance expenses can mount up. If you’re unemployed or elderly, on a limited fixed income, it may be a struggle to cope with the expense of pet ownership. One of the reasons for these therapeutic effects is that pets fulfill the basic human need for touch.
- If the temperature is below 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-6.6 degrees C), your pet cannot be checked even with a letter from your vet.
- “It’s quite a sad day when people have to make a choice of either feeding their animals