Notice the insane frame change from owners to "parents".
Pure anthropomorphism.
Animals are not people.
The left wants to blur the line, all the time.
It is an attack on the Christian world view.
I saw a bumper sticker that said something about the car owners “granddog” I wanted to puke.
It’s a pet. An animal whose loyalty ends at the first missed meal.
That said, the story reminded me of an episode of Hill Street Blues. Lt. Hunter was the EAT Team Leader (Emergency Action Team)
He was sitting at his third floor desk near an open window playing with a small dog. (I think it belonged to the Mayor or Police Commissioner) The ball bounced out the window and there goes Sparky, then you hear brakes squealing and car horns.