A system for exercising and amusing animals includes at least three peripheral supports which are elevated above a floor, where the floor the peripheral supports are spaced apart from one another, where each peripheral support is associated with a respective motorized winch, and where a cable is spooled on each winch, a movable central member, where, for each winch, the corresponding cable extends from the winch via a respective peripheral support to the movable central member, a bait device configured to hold a bait, the bait device being provided at a distance (D) below the movable central member, and a control unit associated with the winches and configured to control each winch to wind or unwind the corresponding cable for moving the bait device.