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31 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 281 (2017-2018)
Avoiding the Fate of Argos: The Duty of Pet Trust Protectors in Connecticut

handle is hein.journals/qplj31 and id is 311 raw text is: QUINNIPIAC PROBATE LAW JOURNAL VOLUME31 2018 IssuE 3 AvoIDING THE FATE OF ARGOS: THE DUTY OF PET TRUST PROTECTORS IN CONNECTICUT ANDREW B. F. CARNABUCI* Si T6TS KSIT ' S60EOTOc tXtO1)(OpESVOLO 6.VcLKTOq -Homer' 1. Introduction Of the bewildering modem panoply of baubles, piquants, and stimuli that vie for their attention and affection, Americans perhaps most of all love their pets. Americans own, by low estimates, 78 million dogs and 85 million cats.2 At least forty-four percent of American households have a dog and thirty-five percent have one or more cats.3 Almost two million Americans own horses, almost four million Americans own birds, almost eight million own fish, and millions more own countless other animals.4 Pet ownership has health benefits, and pet ownership has been shown to improve mental health and sense of well-being.5 Stress levels in people walking their dogs, as measured by changes in autonomic nervous activity, are lower than * Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D. 2018; Middlebury College, B.A. The author would like to thank Professors Jeffrey Cooper and Linda Meyer for their invaluable input to this Note. HOMER, ODYSSEY, XVII.318 (Samuel Butler trans. 1944) (c. 700 B.C.) (now he has fallen upon evil times, for his master is dead and gone). 2 Pet Statistics, AM. SoC'Y FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, http://www.aspca.or/animal- homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics (last visited Mar. 4, 2018). Id. 4 U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics, AM. VETERINARY MED. ASS'N, https://www.avma.org/KB/R esources/Statistics/Pages/Market-research-statistics-US-pet-ownership.aspx (last visited Mar. 4, 2018). June McNicholas et al., Pet Ownership and Human Health: a Brief Review of Evidence and Issues, 331 BRITISH MED. J. 1252, 1253 (2005).

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