A group of Academics have decided that we should stop calling our dogs and cats pets and instead call them "companion animals". The Journal of Animal Ethics have decided it is derogatory to refer to our pets as "Pets" and that the term "Pets" could effect the way they behave.
WTF? These are the same fools that refer to "Wildlife" as "free living". They also have a problem with the term...
the first officially named journal of animal ethics in the world is The Journal of Animal Ethics, they strive to explore the progressive thought about animals
URL: www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jane.html