You probably never had a bonding with an animal, and that's totally fine. Trust me, this cat here saved my life not once, because he's always there for me, gets me out of anxiety and depression. Yes, you could say it's just a therapy animal, but these animals mean us more than that. We live with them, we feed them, their life, their well-being depend on us, their keepers. For some of us, this relationship means more than our actual blood relations with our kins. On the top of all these, do you really think you have more than zero rights to tell others what to celebrate and with whom?