>Regarding your first point, that’s not a pet owner thing but a family thing. 'Family' takes many different forms though (nation, ethnicity, species, etc) I'm

>Regarding your first point, that’s not a pet owner thing but a family thing. 'Family' takes many different forms though (nation, ethnicity, species, etc) I'm not saying it's right or wrong but I would include a human stranger in my 'family' over a known pet.