Oct 13, 2021 / 08:15PM GMT
Kate Claassen - Morgan Stanley - Analyst
So we will go ahead and get started with questions. Rover, as you know, completed their de-SPAC process and is publicly traded now. Aaron, I will start and ask you a question that we talked a lot about, and that's the role of pets in your life. And actually, how many of us in the room are pet parents? Wow, not that many. Anybody a COVID puppy parent? You guys don't have pets? Okay. Let's talk about why you should get some pets, Aaron.
Questions and Answers:
Aaron Easterly - Rover Group, Inc. - CEO, Director and Co-FounderWhen you look at pet ownership in the US and other countries around the world, it's gone up quite a bit over time. But the thing I always push on is there are few things in the development of humankind, if you look at history, that have done more to improve our happiness and well-being and sense of belonging than the domestication of dog. And particularly during the pandemic, people realized that having a bundle of unconditional love was actually a really positive thing.
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