I am saddened that this is how you are viewing our world.
I have cerebral small vessel disease as a result of kidney transplant in 2001, which led to high blood pressure, and resulted in a stroke in 2020. I have had to launch a lawsuit against my former employer's insurance company Blue Cross...
'Adopted' has several usages 🙂.
And for the one involving taking another being into care, the term need not and does not apply strictly to human beings. A dog can adopt a kitten, a cat adopt a squirrel, cows adopt lambs. 🙂
"Empathy may be at the core of this behavior, saying that one animal...
You'll have to tell us why it bothers you. :hmm
My own feeling?
As far as 'honesty', all life has value.
Because someone chooses to apply the term to an animal, I can't see how their love, or where they give value, means they are cheapening or demeaning it regarding children.
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I am voting cockerel for now on the light grey one in the first 2 pics, because I think I am seeing pointed hackle feathers. But of course time will tell!