‘Dog People’ Less Likely to Be Lonely in Lockdowns

‘Dog People’ Less Likely to Be Lonely in Lockdowns
A study has found that dog owners cope better with loneliness. Cynthia Smith/Unsplash
Jessie Zhang
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Australian research has discovered that dog owners tend to have different personality traits from cat owners and that the former tended to cope better with loneliness during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Researchers at James Cook University surveyed 534 lone dwellers in Australia who were dog owners, cat owners, and those without pets during the second lockdown period, one of the strictest and most restrictive in the world.