The Humanization of Animals is almost impossible to avoid.
Another phrase would be ‘domestication’, which is the very least we can expect from a pet that we take care of.
Some animals are capable of a more intense degree of domestication than others. Many times the tendency is genetic, as with a dog and a wolf. Other times the ease of domesticating an animal becomes more a matter of circumstance. Some creatures of the woods can be trained to live with humans if the environment is there very early in their lives.
They need to be imprinted with the muscle memory of coexistence. I have seen squirrels, ravens, deer and raccoons treated as pets. The sad part is that many have to chose one lifestyle over the other. Once a fawn has the scent of Man on it, the Doe may reject him as a clear and present danger.
True. And the “Humanization of Animals” is an awkward turn of phrase. Rather than “humanization”, I believe the correct word should have been anthropomorphization.