And there is the line between a RESPONSIBLE pet owner and the majority.
I know a family who have recently acquired a dog and the animal is not being well treated. 3 boys in the family have no concept of responsibility when it came the fish I cannot understand what the parents were thinking when they ‘got them the dog to teach them responsibility’. These brats can’t even do basic chores let alone oversee a life. It makes me furious every time the puppy yelps. I’m not a dog person but no animal deserves that. The parents could use the same lesson. Their ‘children’ are monsters and they themselves almost treat the children like second rate pets. It’s brutal. I don’t go over often becasue I come away feeling dirty and cowardly for not speaking up about the puppy (I could care less about the kids)

They view the pets in terms of money and money only. As for the outcry over the other missing/murdered child in that neighbourhood… well, I don’t feel much one way or the other. “Higher reasoning” certainly has not given us great claim to life than another creature.