Pets should be treated like family members

I strongly agree with this statement. Pets are not just toys for us to play with or mistreat, on the contrary, they are living organisms with needs and emotions just like us. I concur with it for the following reasons.

Firstly, if you get a pet just to mistreat it and to not give it any attention and love then why did you get it in the first place? In my opinion, there is no point in getting a pet just because you want one but do not want to bond with it and love it. Moreover, pets are just as loyal, if not even more than any family member. There are many cases in which a dog or other kind of pet saved a family member from danger risking its own life.

Secondly, all animals are just like humans and we should treat them equally. The only thing that demarcates us from them is a common sense but that does not especially make us better or superior. Every living creature should be treated with love and most importantly respect. Pets and animals cannot talk or defend themselves that is why this responsibility falls on us as well as to treat them right.

And last but not least, most of the time pets become an important part of our families without us even realizing it and even our parents who were relentless to get us one rapidly grow to love them more than us. To my mind, every family needs a pet to take care for. After all when your children grow up and leave the family nest, the pets will stay with you and make you company.

To sum up, pets  should be treated like family members because they are extremely loyal just like the members of the family and they will protect them from any danger with their lives, they are  like us and need to be treated with respect and most importantly they hold  a key part in every family. I believe that pets are more than deserving to be treated as family members. 

                                                          Автор: Теодора Георгиева