>>A human being is not a pet.<<
That is true. That changes not a whit how people feel about their pets nor does it invalidate their feelings.
This person chose to use her own money to take this extraordinary step to save something she loves dearly.
Who are you to say that is bad?
I deeply mourn the loss of the cats I had for 18 and 25 years respectively to this day and it has been 10+ years since they passed. Is my pain any the less b/c they were not human?
My sister-in-law was saddened by the loss of the family dog,a German Shepherd named "Schultz".She deeply mourned the death of her 18 year old daughter in a drunk driving accident and did so until the day of her death 25 years later (It was the *other* driver who was drunk).
Was it "bad" for this woman to have done what she did? No.Was it silly and frivolous? Yup.
Did you spend your kid’s college fund on your cats?
It sounds like she had saved money for a car purchase.
As emotionally attached to the cat as she was, do you really want this person teaching children?
Outside of a bird that belongs to my daughter, we don’t have pets. But, I understand the bond. My brother’s dog just died. Within a couple weeks, they got another one.