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Poll: 14 percent of pet owners are heartless
Is your pet a “member of the family”?
Who could say no to this question? Well, about 14 percent of Americans according to a recent poll by the AP.
Now the AP story sort of spun the story a different way; the headline read: “AP Poll: Americans consider pets family”
“An Associated Press-Petside.com poll released Tuesday found that half of all American pet owners consider their pets as much a part of the family as any other person in the household; another 36 percent said their pet is part of the family but not a full member.”
Not a full member? Our cats run our house, are the central focus of many of our daily chores, and — more importantly — are the best part of coming home at the end of a long day.
Here’s some more from the story:
“Most pet owners cop to feeding animals human food, nearly half give the animals human names and nearly a third let them sleep in a human bed. While just 19 percent had bought an outfit for a pet, 43 percent felt their pet had its own ‘sense of style.’ “
Do you dress your pet?
I can’t believe I’m asking this, but … send us your pics of your pet all dressed-up. We’d love to post them here on the blog
Comments
By John
June 25, 2009 9:41 AM | Link to this
A dog is a dog, a cat is a cat, a bird is a bird. Would you agree that the life of a human supersedes the life of an animal? Dumping a baby in the trash is far more expectable in the US then doing the same with a dog, cat or bird carcass.
Animal lovers who agree that the life of an animal is somehow on a higher plain then a human being has defiantly been digging in the wrong sand box.