Do animals have pets like humans have pets?

For many of us, pets aren't just casual companions. They are cherished members of the family. (Sometimes it even feels like we're the pets, and our pets are the masters.) So it's worth asking: Are humans the only animals that keep pets? read more

Outside of human intervention or influence, I don’t know about “pets” in the sense of companionship being the primary purpose of keeping them, but animals have been known to adopt animals of other species for a specific purpose. read more

Animals we keep as pets don't necessarily have to be domistic, and not all domestic animals are considered pets. Pets are companions, the relation between these companions is mutual, beneficial. Considering cases of feral children, perhaps the human was tamed by the wolf and not the other way around as Anonymous submitted. read more