# Owning pets. Modern day slavery?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709 "2013-01-10T02:50:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709/281 "2015-12-16T21:43:44Z")

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Zombie dogs are better put down than kept as slaves.

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**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709/282 "2015-12-16T21:51:29Z")

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Hubby and I have a symbiotic relationship with our cats and dogs. We feed them, they keep nuisance critters away or at reasonable population levels.

And yes, anthropomorphising animals is a bit irrational.

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