Pets should be treated like family members. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons to support your opinion.

Who has not had a pet some time in life? Think about it and it is probable that you have immediately remembered some beautiful moments that you spent with your pet. Pets are known as friends by their owners; but, many times they are treated better than a friend, they are considered as a family member. I completely agree with the statement due to some reasons that I will explain next.

First and foremost, when you decide to bring up a pet, whichever it is, you are bringing a new member to live in your home. Thus, because of there is a new fellow, which will live under the same roof and share some moments with you during a time, it should be treated as a member family. Is this correct? Yes. For example, when you have a new son, is not sure that you will bring up because he/she is your relative and will be with you for a long time? The same issue happens when you bring a pet. On the other hand, why did you decide to take care a pet?

Secondly, as pets as human beings have feelings. A pet will consider itself as a member of your family, because you and all your member of your family who live in the same house are the only persons that it knows and with whom it thrives. You should have a reciprocal feeling to it because of a pet did not decide to live with you. It had even chosen to stay in its habitat if it had had opportunity to choose. For instance, there have been news from dogs, which were left in some place, followed the trace of their owners in order ot find them, no matter which the distance was. Why did not they go to other places if they were free? This demonstrated that they followed the trace of what they thought it was their real family.

Last but not least, people tend to take care their relatives in special, the ones which are more indefense. Is not true when you have a pet, you take care it as well? Pets are beings that deserve lot of attention because by adopting them, you are in charge of their welfare. For example, when you adopt a child, his/her entire development correspond that you help him/her to develop. The reason is simple, he/she is indefense and is a new member of your family. The same happens to a pet, due to this is completely indefense and it depends of you, the same treatment of a new family member should be received.

In a nutshell, considering all these reasons, I definitely think that pets should be considered as family members due to they live with you, they consider you as a family and because you adopted it, you should take care it.