Mother attacks animal lovers, says the term fur babies is “an insult to moms”

A population of animal lovers are offended by a mother of three children who says that calling pets fur babies is “an insult to moms.”

Used as a term of endearment by pet parents who consider their four-legged children as part of their brood, “fur babies,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is “a pet, especially one that someone treats with a lot of love and kindness as if it were a baby.”

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Overlooking that “fur babies” is part of the English language, the woman, who admits that she might sound like a “self-righteous parent,” provoked a flood of comments from the online community with her pontifical shaming of pet parents

There’s a growing divide of people who consider their pets as babies and those who see their four-legged friends as only animals. According to Forbes, 85 per cent of dog owners and 76 per cent of cat owners consider their pets to be a member of the family. And, in 2022, Americans spent $136.8 billion on their pets, up from $123.6 billion in 2021.

Another survey of 2,000 cat and dog owners reports that 81 per cent say they treat their pets the same way they treat people and 71 per cent regularly put their pets needs ahead of their own.

The study, on behalf of Chewy, shows that 47 per cent call their pets “baby,” and one in three people refer to themselves as their fur baby’s “mom or dad.”