I did not mean your were trying to have animal control rehome the pets the and was connecting 2 separate thoughts.
Okay. NP.

Can we go back to being civil, even if not friendly?

I suppose...it bears thinking about...because the family pets that have no choice or say in what happens - I think that is one reason this thread roils with emotion. The family's actions are reprehensible and tragic...but the situation of the helpless pets even more.