Nubwo imbwa zaba izihe, ubudahemuka bwabo no kugaragara kwabo birashobora kuzana abakunzi b'amatungo urukundo n'ibyishimo. Ubudahemuka bwabo ntibushidikanywaho, ubusabane bwabo burigihe burakirwa, baraturinda ndetse bakadukorera mugihe bibaye ngombwa.

Nk’ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na siyansi yo mu 2017, bwarebye miliyoni 3.4 z’Abanyasuwede kuva 2001 kugeza 2012, bigaragara ko inshuti zacu zifite amaguru ane zagabanije rwose ibyago by’indwara zifata umutima n’umutima hagati y’abatunze amatungo kuva 2001 kugeza 2012.

Ubushakashatsi bwanzuye ko ibyago bike by’indwara zifata umutima n’umutima hagati y’inyamanswa zifite amoko yo guhiga bidatewe gusa n’imyitozo ngororamubiri yiyongera, ahubwo birashoboka ko imbwa zongera imibanire ya ba nyirazo, cyangwa guhindura mikorobe ya bagiteri mu nda ya ba nyirazo. Imbwa zirashobora guhindura umwanda mubidukikije murugo, bityo bikagaragariza abantu bagiteri batazahura nazo.

Izi ngaruka kandi zagaragaye cyane cyane kubatuye bonyine. Nk’uko byatangajwe na Mwenya Mubanga wo muri kaminuza ya Uppsala akaba n'umwanditsi mukuru w’ubwo bushakashatsi, yagize ati: “Ugereranije na ba nyir'imbwa bonyine, abandi bari bafite ibyago byo gupfa 33% naho ibyago byo gufatwa n'umutima bikaba 11%.

Ariko, mbere yuko umutima wawe usimbuka, Tove Fall, umwanditsi mukuru wubushakashatsi, nawe yongeraho ko hashobora kubaho imbogamizi. Birashoboka ko itandukaniro riri hagati ya ba nyirubwite nabatayifite, ryari risanzweho mbere yuko imbwa igurwa, ryashoboraga kugira ingaruka kubisubizo - cyangwa ko abantu muri rusange bakora cyane nabo bakunda kubona imbwa uko byagenda kose.

Birasa nkaho ibisubizo bidasobanutse neza nkuko bigaragara mbere, ariko uko mbibona, nibyiza. Ba nyir'inyamanswa bakunda imbwa uburyo zituma ba nyirazo bumva kandi, inyungu z'umutima n'imitsi cyangwa ntizibe, bazahora ari imbwa ya mbere kuri ba nyirayo.