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In reply to the discussion: Pets are 'scared' and look around for their owners in dying moments. [View all]qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I specifically said these words:
"I said that the pet does not know that they are dying the vast majority of the time."
You must have read those words so I don't really understand the point of your post suggesting that you've have in some handful of times experienced something different.
You can reject the concept all you want, but I reject that if you had to choose a human or a pet to save from death, you would honestly say that choosing either to save is equally valid. Anyone who argues that is either lying, or has misplaced priorities. So no, I don't believe even you truly believe that humans and animals are equals. I certainly think you may try to treat your pets like humans as much as possible, but I'm also sure you treat them differently sometimes simply because they are different.
You don't ask your pet if it wants to go to the vet. You don't let it decide what it's going to eat. You make all sorts of different choices for animals vice humans in how you interact with them...for good reason.