If we hold modern pets against this standard, a grim picture emerges. The most common failures in pet care are not malicious; they are borne of misinformation and anthropomorphism—the tendency to treat animals like furry humans.
The writer and philosopher George Eliot said, "Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." But precisely because they are voiceless and dependent, they place a heavy ethical demand on us.
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