My father shot and killed a dog after it killed several of his chickens. It was also the neighbor’s dog and it wasn’t thought of as anything but a logical necessity, because, I mean what else was it? People these days don’t make any sense and I say that as a Gen-Xer.
Sure they do.
Their own language gives them away: It's not a pet, it's a "fur-baby". They're not owners, they're "dog mommies".
They lack the wit to distinguish between Man and Beast. This leads them to undervalue Man and overvalue Beast. It's sick and twisted, but it has an internal logic ...