Call your animal a ‘companion’ instead of a pet: PETA chief says term is derogatory because it makes living things sound like a ‘commodity’ or ‘decoration’

Cats and dogs seem perfectly happy to be fed, watered and cuddled by doting owners.

But whatever you do, don’t call them pets, says the head of an animal rights organisation.

Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA, said this is derogatory and suggests they are merely a ‘commodity’ or ‘decoration’.

The group – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – has long called for owners to be renamed ‘human carers’ or guardians.

David Adams

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