Many pets undergo great suffering from the way they are treated. Inaddition to outright harm, many suffer boredom from being left alonemost of the day.I think that the proposal to entirely eliminate the practice of havingpets is extreme. It is possible to have pets and treat them well;there are pets that are happy and not bored. However, this mayrequire more time than you can or wish to devote to it. If that isthe case, it would be wiser for you not to have a pat.Perhaps people should get trained in how live with a pet. Perhapspeople should have to meet certain criteria in order to have a pet.