International Cat Day: Having a Cat for Health and Mental Wellbeing

Today, August 8, we are celebrating International (World) Cat Day, so we have to respect their existence as an ecosystem that is beneficial to humans to. I want share the information that having a cat is good for health and mental wellbeing:

1. Reduce stress and anxiety

- Can cause the body to produce relaxing hormones, such as endorphins, that help lower your tension and anxiety levels

- Cultivate a positive mood

2. They can lower the risk of hearth disease and stroke

 - According to study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, having a cat can reduce stress, thus reducing the risk of developing various hearth illness,  including stroke, by roughly 30 %

-  Of course, it's good to increase the body's immunity

3. They help prevent allergies (for children)

- The National Institutes of Health published a study in 2002 that indicated hildren under a year old who were esposed to a cat were less likely to have allergies of any sort, such as dust mites, ragweed, and grass

- Of course, cat hygiene must be maintained

4. Prevent loneliness and fear

- Cat behavior can make people forget they are alone at home

- Cats are believed to be animals that devils doesn't like

- Cats are animals that snakes hate, especially small snakes

5. Having a cat can foster social sensitivity

- We will appreciate the environment more

- We will increasingly realize that life interdependent in an ecosystem

- Practice caring for fellow human beings

6. As a part of charity good deeds

- Because cats is a creature created by God that must be taken care with the help of humans

- Good deeds return to us in uxpected conditions 

- As a part of gratitude to God.

I have two male cats pets, named Cowy and Bar-Bar. They are the type of domestic cat that rarely gets sick and is easy to manage. They are always bathed once a week. 

Ok, if you want to share other information about cat, please share in the comment column🙏🏻. Happy International Cat Day🐱.

Please also come to my first blog (about animals, innovation, law, management, & soccer, full text Indonesia), third blog (about problems & electrical solutions, full text Indonesia), and fourth blog (about pets, full text Indonesia). May be useful. Thx. Here's the link: 

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