I disagree that you have to have a lot of money to have a pet.
I think there's a difference in people that don't have money. There's the people who don't have a lot of money but have the common sense to take care of their pets and some plan in their head as to what they would do for an emergency. Then you have the yahoos that have no common sense, along with no money and make those 'I think my dog is seriously injured' posts and won't take them to the vet.
I grew up with nothing. No extra money, none of the luxuries that everyone else had. We never had cable, didn't have phone until I was in high school. But that doesn't mean we didn't 'deserve' to have animals because we were poor. A lot of my happy times as a child were with one of our pets. |