My friends at University of Nicosia in Cyprus are doing a psychology research project, looking at the relationships between pet/plant ownership and optimism.
It takes about 3 minutes, and they're looking for as wide a sample as possible.
loving reminder as valentine's day approaches to be careful of the type of flowers you give if your loved one has cats in the house. many common flowers are extremely toxic to cats. lilies, for example, can cause rapid kidney failure and death very quickly even with only a small amount of ingestion/exposure. the aspca has a resource to help you make sure your bouquets are kitty (and doggy and horsey) safe