{"id":11017,"date":"2020-10-14T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2020-10-25T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T21:01:49","slug":"cow-hugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/14\/cow-hugging\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow Hugging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/cow-hugging-is-the-new-animal-therapy-trend-we-all-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Fox 5 New York<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cow-hugging is the new animal therapy trend we all need<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong>Catherine Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxtv.com\/static.fox5ny.com\/www.fox5ny.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/764\/432\/GettyImages-1228862688.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Therapy animals are not a new concept, but in a world where mental health is being tested by an ongoing pandemic, people are searching for comfort it what might seem like unusual places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A practice that originated in the rural town of Reuver in the Netherlands, \u201ckoe knuffelen,\u201d which means \u201ccow hugging\u201d in Dutch, is gaining global popularity, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20201008-is-cow-hugging-the-worlds-new-wellness-trend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just the act of hugging a cow that helps relieve stress and lower anxiety, but making contact with any furry critter could help improve one\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cows are the optimal cuddling buddy, and it\u2019s not just because they\u2019re adorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2007\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/science\/articles\/2007\/05\/14\/1922332.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science states that cows \u201cshow cues of deep relaxation, stretching out and allowing their ears to fall back when massaged in particular areas of their neck and upper back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCow cuddling is believed to promote positivity and reduce stress by boosting oxytocin in humans, the hormone released in social bonding. The calming effects of curling up with a pet or emotional support animal, it seems, are accentuated when cuddling with larger mammals,\u201d according to the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The need for companionship during a socially-distanced time is steadily increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/cow-hugging-is-the-new-animal-therapy-trend-we-all-need\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Fox 5 NY<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Fox 5 New York Cow-hugging is the new animal therapy trend we all need By\u00a0Catherine Park Therapy animals are not a new concept, but in a world where mental health is being tested by an ongoing pandemic, people are searching for comfort it what might seem like unusual places. A practice that originated in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}