I dissagree with this. animals have fangs and claws and are quite capable of taking care of themselves. children are not.
a child is not the equal of a dog or cat and should never be thought of as such.
It's more along the lines of .. they depend on adults/humans to care for them .. the same as children do.
Like the child should just "buck it up" but then they feel sorry for animals that are hurt/abused/skittish due to abuse or neglect/.
My point was .. some people seem to fight harder for animals than they do kids
Claws aren't gonna help a cat that someone is kicking around a room. Same as a pocketknife won't help a 4yr old little girl who was kidnapped and being raped.