Study shows that birds help the elderly

Companion Animal Assisted Therapy (CAAT)

A study by the British scientists Mugford and Comisky showed the effects of animal company, analyzing the life of several elderly people, with and without pets. They divided the people into two groups.

The first group received a plant, and the second one a bird. After a while the scientists observed that the people who had birds started talking more and more about them, and less about their illnesses, and began receiving more visits.