I think the main difference on this board is that the "pets" we have are part of our family. Not "show off pets" to boast about and brag over. We don't gloat over how one is better than another wheather it be a buffalo (oh I loved that buffalo!) A frog, a monkey or a "regular" dog cat bird or rattie, bunny or three or four (or, ahem, 11 different varieties). When we get outraged at a situation it's more an outrage of the situation that caused it, usually which could have been avoided with proper manners and intellegence.
Laurie