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The Human-Animal Bond

Photo: Garland-Lewis et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0
Photo: Garland-Lewis et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0

Grace Stroklund, owner of Nugget: “It’s been substantially comforting to have that bond, that connection with him and it’s helped us strive for a better life for not just him, but ourselves. I don’t think we would have been pushing ourselves to get into an actually housed place before we got Nugget as much as we did. The amount of care and effort it takes to have a being like that in your life makes you have to care about yourself and [it] puts a lot of insight into who you are, too. Cuz you’re teaching this creature to be who he is.”