What's your opinion about raising animals as pets?

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In recent years, much more attention than ever before has been paid to the issue on keeping animals as pets.With the improvement of the people's living standard, some people form a habit of raising small or domestie animals as pets.Some raise dogs or cats as their pets while others raise various birds or fishes as their pets. There are still even some people raising snakes or other unusual animals as their pets.Some people object to the idear of raising animals as pets. They think that keeping pets can disturb the neighbors and some animal will transmit some diseases. While others think that keeping a pet as a company is important for the psychological well being of a person. Do you have the experience of raising a pet? I'd like to know your opinion about this issue.