YOU SHOULDN’T CALL YOUR COMPANION ANIMAL A « PET »

In the article written by Ashley Fraser in National Post, we are facing a problem that may affects more animal care students, like me, and animals lovers because it talks about the fact that we should be careful of how we call our companions animals. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) say that calling your animal “pet” referred to them more as an object and so, we shouldn’t call our self “pet owner”. The reason for this is that the way you call your animal dictates how you’ll treat him and what kind of relation you are going to have with him. Because I do have a cat, I know…