Recently, I discovered an article with the title “Losing a pet can be just as hard as losing a loved one”. For many, this is like saying “Breaking your femur can be just as painful as breaking your leg”. Obviously it is: they're the same thing! The first one just uses more specific terminology.
However, clearly not everyone agrees. There are those who, when encountering someone upset over the loss of a pet, say “just get a new one”. Legally, pets are just property. A cat is something you buy, and one cat
