Sixty-six percent of U.S. households, or roughly 86.9 million homes, house at least one pet, according to Forbes and the American Pet Products Association. (Photo: Alan/Adobe Stock) Sixty-six percent of U.S. households, or roughly 86.9 million homes, house at least one pet, according to Forbes and the American Pet Products Association. (Photo: Alan/Adobe Stock)

Few situations can be as unsettling for pet parents as an animal injury or illness.

Pet insurance is key to making such tough situations more manageable, according to the American Animal Hospital Association, the organization charged with animal-hospital accreditation in the U.S. and Canada.

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