You make a valid point about feeding pets while humans starve . . . but you OBVIOUSLY do not know THE IMMEASURABLE VALUE a pet can add to a human's life, in many cases even giving that person a reason to live.  How insensitive of you to say we shouldn't have animal companions.  No, making laws to eliminate people having pets in American society would NOT make everyone's quality of life better.  You might think your life would be better but NO, not everyone's.