Considering the difficulty the world has in giving children a decent life, I doubt a new section of social welfare devoted to pets is realistic. I cannot see the police battering down a front door because a canary is lonely.

Pets socialize just fine with humans - domestic animals were bred for it. Exotic pets require special care. In the case of household pets, it's usually poor owner understanding of the particular animal's psychology that leads to "neurotic" behavior, not any particular lack of socialization.

This applies most directly to small or toy dog breeds. They need the same things large dogs do, but get treated like a small child. This is NOT what small dogs need, and is why they are yippy and otherwise psychotic.

I think it would be a stretch to enforce this in any meaningful manner. Plus, deciding what constitutes decent socialization might not gel with many pet owners' time schedule. Thus you end up with a lot of people that would not be able to give a pet a lawful existence and condeming many pets to a short life in a public animal shelter. This is a case where good intentions end up totally going the other way.

Well, pet stores or Pound should not sell/release to people who would not sign an agreement for "walking" their dogs or "letting" their cats out. I see my neighbor's cat and dog 24 hr. inside. They leave at 7 and return at 7. What kind of socialization is that? "Pets socialize just fine with humans - domestic animals were bred for it" is a self serving statement. If this is true, there wouldn't be leash laws or dog bites.If you don't have a fenced yard, if you can't take your pet to "pet socializing parks, if you can't spend time with pets, don't buy them.

I have a cat that never gets to go outside. This is not inhumane. We used to take him out on a leash but he spent the whole time whining & fighting with the leash. It protects the animal from picking up many varieties of illnesses as well as preventing encounters with animals that are trying to eat them. (We have fishers, wolves, & coyotes around these parts.) It also prevents my cat from upsetting the balance of nature by taking out the small songbirds & field mice.

People who allow their cat or dog to freely wander around the neighborhood are the ones acting inhumane.

If people see that you are being cruel to your pet, for example, they can report you to the SPCA.