Editing Pet (section)

===Health risks===
Health risks that are associated with pets include:
* Aggravation of [[allergy|allergies]] and [[asthma]] caused by [[dander]] and [[fur]] or [[feather]]s
* [[Falling (accident)|Falling injuries]]. Tripping over pets, especially dogs, causes more than 86,000 falls serious enough to prompt a trip to the emergency room each year in the United States.<ref>{{cite news
|title= In the Home, a Four-Legged Tripwire
|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/health/28pets.html?ref=health
|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]
|date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> Among elderly and disabled people, these falls have resulted in life-threatening injuries and broken bones.
* Injury, mauling, and sometimes death caused by pet bites and attacks
* Disease or parasites due to animal hygiene problems, lack of appropriate treatment, and undisciplined behavior (feces and urine)
* Stress caused by the behavior of animals
* Anxiety over who will care for the animal should the owner no longer be able to do so