Fear of animals

An abnormal and persistent fear of animals termed 'zoophobia.

A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and panic.

Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder.

Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy using exposure and fear reduction techniques.

In many cases, anti-anxiety or anti-depressant medication proves helpful, especially during the early stages of therapy.</P> 'Zoophobia' encompasses fears of specific types of animals such as of spiders (arachnophobia), birds (ornithophobia), bees (apiphobia), etc.

It is literally a zoo-ful of beastly phobias.