Parenthood and pet ownership aren’t the same, judge tells feuding former spouses

An Alberta judge has divided up a group of cats between two feuding former spouses, saying neither gets to keep all of them because – in Alberta at least – pets aren’t the same as kids and legally shouldn’t be treated as such.

“Parenthood and pet ownership should not be conflated,” Justice Douglas Mah said in a written judgment last month in a case registered in Fort McMurray.