Burkhard Bilger the author of “The last meow” suggests that we love our pets too much; I agree with this statement. The reason I agree with the statement that we love our pets too much it because, of my personal experience with pets and the information provided in Biligers story confirms it. Bilger stated “Clearly, our love affair with our pets has gotten out of control.” I agree with this statement for many reasons. In my opinion there are healthy human animal relationships and unhealthy human animal relationships. When a human cares more about an animal life than a loved one's life then the relationship is too serious. Some people have developed strong emotional, physical, and mental attachments. For example some pet owners when they feel their animal “pulling away from them” they go through …show more content…
Hack Tuke who specializes in mental science might say that people with mental issues and emotional disorders rely on the comfort of an animal. There is a difference between needing a furry friend to comfort you and to put your mind at ease, versus developing an extreme mental, emotional, and physical attachment to the animal. Some people say that there is nothing wrong with having a strong attachment to your pet, which they are right there is nothing wrong with that. How ever, there is a difference between a strong attachment to your animal and an infatuation with your animal. Being attached is a feeling that binds one person to some sort of intimate relationship, an infatuation is foolish or all absorbing passion. So when your pet is your whole entire life that means you have a serious infatuation that is reaching an unhealthy level. In conclusion there is a very fine line between a strong attachment to our pets and an infatuations with our pets. There comes a point where your ever dying love for your animal can become too much. In these cases we need to start to detach ourselves from these types of