Nowadays, as people's interest in pets rises higher and higher, it is common to see pets on streets. There are numerous ways of treating their pets as much as the various sorts of species of pets. Some people don’t give much care to their pets while others regard them as one of their family members. I personally support the idea that pets should be treated like family members. I have two reasons to back up my opinion.
First of all, owners of pets should have more responsibility for their pets. In most of the cases, people buy or get their pets to give them special care and protection. Not only for that, but also for children or even for people’s own pleasure. Nevertheless, some people are careless about their pets when they think they don't need them anymore. They sometimes leave them alone without care when they take a vacation trip or kick them out of their protection when feeding and spending time with them becomes rather burden to them. According to what I saw on the news few weeks ago, French government has an issue of eliminating pets on the streets which has lost their owner or driven away from them especially during the vacation time. I believe this kind of disaster happens because owners consider their pets not as part of their family or their life.
In addition to the first reason, quite a lot of pets don't get the care from their owner as much as they should. As human has emotions, pets also have their emotion; they feel love, hatred, happiness, and sadness. To take an example of dogs as a pet, they have been friends, helper, and life partner to people through the human history. When we focus on the fact that dogs have played important role in human society and history, I believe people should also play important role in their life which could be done by considering them as family members. Pets need love, care, and protection from people because people are owners of them. When we remind ourselves about how and what dogs have done for us, I think we also should treat them as our family.
In conclusion, I agree with the thought that pets should be treated like family members. As I have shown above, people, these days, give too less protection or show too less responsibility for their pets, and treat them as if they don't have emotions. Now is the time we need to rethink about this. Family is not a shelter or love group that is necessary for human only but also for pets. |