In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses etc, in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and regard them as their good friends. Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them needles (注射针) so that they won't carry diseases.
They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. Some people spend about two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's homes, they would be very happy to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They're free to come and go and nobody is allowed(允许) to kill any animals in Canada. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.
People in Canada have many reasons to like family animals. One of them might be: their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own careers. Then the seniors will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
