The dispute is animals do not have the ability to care or have any honorable judgement as we do. In 2015, ASPCA came out with facts showing an estimate of 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats are owned in the United States. These results exclude other household pets such as: horses, snakes, hamsters, and birds (ASPCA). However, these animals are household pets. A household pet is a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure and treated with care. Therefore, these animals do show compassion for their owners and they can feel when they are being neglected. The quarrel for animals not having the ability to feel affection or a liking towards humans is misleading due to the fact animals are shown to be depressed when they
