I don't think you can say pets are totally safe the way you did, most infectious diseases if not all of them.. Come from living with animals. Countless people die every year for living with animals. People get vaccines for illnesses they wouldn't have if they didn't live with animals.

I mean.. Clearly nature is telling us, stop living with the animals or I'm going to make a bunch of you sick and countless will die.

It's not worth it for me. Those animals deserve to live their natural lives and not be enslaved by humans for whatever reason, and maybe if people treated animals with more respect, people would be kinder to each other as well.

Enslaving and in the case of most people, killing and eating another being just because it looks different and can't speak our language or defend itself is not right. That's not the message to teach children in my opinion. That might = right and that we can enslave and kill others just cause they look different or can't speak our language or defend themselves.

I've been vegan for years, my shoes aren't made out of animals, I avoid harming them at every opportunity. Animals are not just a commodity to buy and sell and trade for human pleasure, they are their own beings and they deserve to live their own lives, and if we didn't live with them, we would be a lot healthier and less diseased and less people would die.

I'm sure you love your pets, though I hope some day we love animals enough to stop eating them and owning them, and that they can live their natural lives without being a commodity of humans. Then maybe people will love each other more too, cause if you won't even kill an animal for food or enslave it for your enjoyment.. How could you do that to another human being? How could we drop bombs on innocent people overseas if the majority of people respect the rights and freedom of even the most defenseless and powerless among us...?

I don't think people will start loving each other more, until they respect the animals more and stop murdering them and enslaving them by the trillions to the point it endangers our very own species survival.

Sorry if those opinions conflict with yours, I sort of doubt we're going to agree.. And hopefully this doesn't turn into a long argument cause I don't have the time.

But.. I think an animals right to live it's natural life is more important than someone's taste pleasure, or need for entertainment or company.

It's the golden rule. Treat others how you would like to be treated. If you wouldn't want to be enslaved for someone elses entertainment/company or eaten for food unnecessarily.. Don't do it to others.

You're welcome for the well wishes and support. Hopefully some day we can all live in better harmony with each other and care about each other more.