Women using pets for motherhood training

By Zoë Keown

SCOTTISH women are substituting children in favour of pets, a new study has revealed.

Up to 77 per-cent of Scottish women are choosing to acquire pets for companionship around the home, a survey by insurer Petplan found.

Three in four buy their pets presents for birthdays and Christmas, and up to a quarter have adjusted their home especially for their pet.

But a psychologist called the findings “a bit silly and a bit sad.”