  The positive therapeutic effect of viewing pet images online has been
well-studied. However, it is difficult to obtain large-scale production of such
content since it relies on pet owners to capture photographs and upload them. I
use a Generative Adversarial Network-based framework for the creation of fake
pet images at scale. These images are uploaded on an Instagram account where
they drive user engagement at levels comparable to those seen with images from
accounts with traditional pet photographs, underlining the applicability of the
framework to be used for pet-therapy social media content.
