Games responsible for decline in pet ownership in Australia?
As president of the Australian Veterinary Association, Kersti Seksel thinks that video games were the major factor in reduced pet ownership numbers in the country this year. She thinks that these games are getting in the way of important developmental skills in the country's young, stating that these days "children interact more by playing computer games and less by going out there and throwing the ball to a dog. We need to learn people skills, physical skills, and sitting in the lounge room with a computer doesn't teach you that,"
Of course, we don't buy this for a second, but not living in the country kind of invalidates our input. So, Australian readers, have games such as Nintendogs provided a kind of fix for your desire to care for something, keeping you from obtaining a pet on your own? Or do you enjoy games and have a pet all your own?
[via Joystiq]
