In June, the RSPCA launched the Animal Kindness Index, which discovered 68% of pet owners surveyed mentioned the value of looking after their pet had risen from one 12 months prior. Dorothee Bienzle, a veterinarian, researcher, and the study’s co-author, says people infected with COVID-19 should avoid their pets. Canadien researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, gathered mucus and blood samples from cats, dogs, and one ferret whose house owners had tested constructive for the virus. Researchers discovered antibodies within the blood of all eight cats tested, that means they had been probably contaminated. But amidst the…