8th Idea » Brakke http://www.jakeybro.com Looking for the infinite 8s Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:15:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Happiness is… http://www.jakeybro.com/2009/08/07/happiness_is/ http://www.jakeybro.com/2009/08/07/happiness_is/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:33:40 +0000 Jake Yarbrough http://www.jakeybro.com/?p=475 Pets make us happy

Pets make us happy

Found this fascinating.

From the Brakke Report, a veterinary consulting firm’s weekly email, comes this juicy tidbit:

> HUMAN ANIMAL BOND A survey of 12,000 women in 21 countries conducted by Boston Consulting Group found that pets were by far the most common answer to a question asking what makes them extremely happy; 42% of the women surveyed said that their pets make them “extremely happy.” Other responses included sex (27%), food (19%), and shopping (5%). (Chicago Tribune)

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