Fighting cocks are pampered, only to be pitted against each other in battles to the death. Wild animals are controlled in zoos and circuses. Cows, chickens, lambs and hogs are fattened for slaughter. At the same time, some pets are treated like people, or better. Nellums provides kennel space that pampers dogs with soft beds, decorated rooms, large exercise spaces and lots of human attention.
Dogs naturally run in packs and easily become part of a family.
And well-treated animals even come to expect pampering. They really do expect it. But even people who love their pets sometimes abuse them unintentionally, she said. They feed them junk. Neglect of coat is the next most common abuse, which leads to tangles and fleas.