Well I can only speak for myself but I do not consider it morbid. I actually have a clause in my will that if anything were to happen to both my husband and I together, my mom would take any and all animals that I have. I spoke with her first of course because she has 8 cats of her own and I wanted to make sure she would be able to deal with another 5 or more. My husband almost fell out of his seat when I told our attorney that I wanted it in my will.