Exactly. Obviously animal welfare needs to be at the forefront of any human-nonhuman relationship (and aesthetic breeding should have been made illegal by now), but having a pet dog/cat/rodent/etc. that benefits from being fed and loved by a human is not some 1984 terror relationship.
Exactly. Obviously animal welfare needs to be at the forefront of any human-nonhuman relationship (and aesthetic breeding should have been made illegal by now), but having a pet dog/cat/rodent/etc. that benefits from being fed and loved by a human is not some 1984 terror relationship.