The animal welfare community has a far reach nowadays that domestic pets are a staple of live in the everyday household. Especially so now that new forms of interactive media have become extremely prevalent in our culture. Such as video games.
The Petz series is one of the first that comes to mind when I think of these. Having your own virtual pet? We can thank the Japanese for that and the Tamagotchi for one.
I am a video gamer at heart and have been playing since I was very little, however, I don’t have much experience with the more cutesy and child-directed video games. I am a hardcore Adventure gamer, but I have gotten myself into the more logistic build-and-run simulations that involve animals (Zoo Tycoon anyone?) All that said, I don’t know how much market there is for a video game that simulates running a shelter or a rescue.
The responsibility of caring for a pet and the community surrounding is a broad one. There are lots of ways that it intersects with all of our arts—so I think that us at the PETS 911 blog team will try to give everyone a taste of the various media, literature, movies, and video games that attempt to encompass the pet experience.