I feel as though my pets are part of my family, my children if you will, and i am their parent and guardian. My cats , Gary (girl) and Ethan (boy), are very important to me as a part of my life and at no point ever should they or any other animal be concidered property of anyone.This is insane that we even have to discuss the fact that of wheather or not they are or are not property . How would you feel if someone concidered you their property to be bought and sold at will ,abused physically and mentally and tortured with unspeakable acts of evil. Probably not huh ?!?