IT SEEMS I ANGERED A FEW PEOPLE BY SAYING THAT A PET IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS AN ACTUAL MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY; THAT IS BECAUSE A PET IS JUST THAT: A PET, WHILE A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY IS A HUMAN BEING; THEN AGAIN, I SUPPOSE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ANGRY AT THIS ARE THE SAME ONES WHO WOULD QUICKER FEED A HOMELESS DOG THAN A HOMELESS PERSON; THAT, OR ABORT THEIR CHILDREN WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADVOCATING THE RELEASE OF INMATES ON DEATH ROW