Recently a woman in New York filed suit against a petstore because the dog she purchased suffers various medicalcomplaints. The suit seeks to hold the store liable for theanimal's pain, suffering and medical bills, as if it were a personrather than a piece of property. While the woman's ultimate goal isto help shut down puppy mills, the issue is a valid one.

While pets are not people, they are also not inanimateobjects. A coffee table doesn't run if something gets spilledon it. It doesn't wait for you to come home; nor does it snuggle inbed. A pet will do all of those things.

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