Since I could not load the OP link I read the NYT review (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/books/review/great-cat-an...) . What an interesting phenomenon, has it ever been truly explained? Was this purely a form of compassion by some of those who gave up pets? Surely someone important influenced this decision, an off hand comment or such?
I sometimes think about what I would do if I were instructed to abandon a companion animal. For example, in an evacuation. I like to think that I wouldn't, and that I'd either socially engineer the situation or find some creative way to keep the entire family safe. I hope to never be in that position.
I've long wanted to build a National Shelter System[0] for pets.
At Gingr[1], we work with hundreds of kennels every day. Many of which have expressed interest in participating in such a program, but feel as though some oversight from a govt agency would be needed.
