Yeah leaving your pets some cash is fine, but $4 million? How do you approve that?

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Planning on avoiding it?

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They treat their pet as part of their family, not as property.

I think it's great that they're not only responsible enough to care specifically for their pets in their will, but they went out of their way to find someone who cared for their pets as much as they do, instead of just dumping them on whomever as Rabid Penguin is looking to do.

@frigg: Most people try to avoid death.

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Ignoring the slight snarkiness in your comment, I will say this. I am 53. As such, both of my parents, all grandparents, etc., are deceased. I have no siblings (parents saw me and, terrified, wisely chose to end the genetic line). Distant relatives are, in fact, distant, both geographically and emotionally. So much for family.

Friends? I live in San Francisco, as do most of my friends/acquaintances. In apartments. With strict anti-pet policies. When I took a lease on the unit I am in, it was (A) in that extremely rare unit that does allow cats and (B) with a hefty deposit to do so. So, yeah, if I were to die tomorrow, the job of finding a home for my two cats would likely fall to one of those homeless pet agencies/shelters--which, as anyone with a brain knows, a pair of 7-year-old cats will NOT find a home but will instead be euthanized.

As HMM...Lite suggested, some people regard pets (and animals in general) with a much higher regard. I am one of them. I don't fault you or anyone else for seeing dogs or cats as mere second-class animals, but please don't fault me for seeing them otherwise. As I would with children, if I'd had any, I will see to it that their remaining years are safe, healthy and comfortable.

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I really don't miss that place all that much. Mostly just EspetuS, some concerts at the DNA Lounge, and some minor bits.

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And who is this Adam? Has HE been saying things about me?

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The money is basically so that the dogs are taken care of, and that the person who takes care of the dogs is taken care of. How awful to reward someone for loyal years of service by allowing them to continue interacting with the dogs they love, and getting paid even better to do it?

Now, if the people in those 3rd world countries would stop hacking each other with machetes, trying to farm desert, and a bunch of other things, they wouldn't be starving.

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$4 million. NO dogs need $4 million to be taken care of, and NO dog caretakers need $4 million to be taken care of.

Now if those innocent people in 3rd world countries would stop being subjected to corrupt governments and stop having their families raped, robbed, and killed, maybe they wouldn't be starving. 'Cuz you know, THAT'S gonna happen. :/

//You'd think this would be a no brainer, but there's actually people who think it's justified to give $4 million to dogs when they die. Whatever happened to common sense and logic?

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I do not claim to know your circumstances. Perhaps instead of wearing $50 shoes, you donate $40 of that to education programs in India. It is very possible that you drive, or will drive a Tata Nano instead of a $20,000 car while using the thousands of dollars of savings to support a family in Zimbabwe whose breadwinner is killed in ethnic violence. It seems like common sense, right?

But maybe you are like the millions of Americans who don't do those things. Aren't these millions of people as much at fault for not donating their lives savings to impoverished countries as the woman who willed $4 million to care for her pet? Everyone has luxuries that they don't need.

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Now, you don't have to agree with how the money was divvied up, but you do have to agree that it is their money to decide what to do with as they please.

And even if you spent $4 million to help people, considering how corrupt the governments/warlords/people are? How much of that aid will actually get to them?

So, you help who you can, where you can, when you can. In this case they helped the caretaker of the dogs, which shows a commitment to life.

As for A MILLION DOLLARS? Most people in the US will see about 2 million dollars pass through their hands in a lifetime. Just not all at once.

Not to mention that there is a tax on all of this inheritence that is rather steep. So, they won't actually see 4 million, or likely even 2 million.

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Personally, I actually do donate a large portion of money to charities, and I try to spend as less as possible on frivolous things.

The average person isn't nearly as guilty as someone who's got millions of dollars, and gives away $4 million to dogs.

You can't compare $40 to $4 million, simple as that.

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It's really not that simple. As for donating a large portion to charities, what do you call taxes for anyone over median income?

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But you apparently are completely unconcerned with the way, way over $60 million given to the son? Because that does not register as a violation on your "people in this world that can't afford to eat" scale? Please explain.

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A dog though? What the fuck is a dog going to do with $4 million? Please explain.

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