Fireworks are dramatic, beautiful and associated with happiness and celebrations. There’s something about them that seems to speak to us on a deeper level and brings people together.
But unfortunately, as beautiful as they are, they are a total nightmare for many pets and pet parents.
Fireworks are known to scare animals to the point of panic, and firework-induced anxiety is a reality for many poor pups, kitties, and other animals. And this fear can even be deadly; some animals get so frightened that they run away and end up accidentally hurting themselves.
Obviously, the well-being of our animals is more important than fireworks, but despite this, people are reluctantly to give up fireworks. And to a point, that is understandable; most of us love fireworks and in an ideal world, we could have our cake and eat it.
That is, keep enjoying our fireworks but without traumatizing or harming animals while doing so.
And the good news is, we can! Not everyone knows this, but silent fireworks is actually a thing that exists! And now, Collecchio, an Italian town in the Parma District of Italy, has just become the first town in the world to completely switch to using only silent fireworks.