Pets: conector relativo formal whereby (C1)
The relationship between people and domestic animals has been reorganised twice in a century. Animals that were once working property became companions, and companions have lately become dependants with something close to a legal identity. Courts in several jurisdictions now decline to treat a dog as ordinary chattel in divorce proceedings, weighing instead which household better serves the animal's welfare, a standard borrowed openly from custody law. Insurance has followed, and so has medicine: procedures once reserved for humans are routine, and the bills are large enough that a market in pet health cover has emerged. Some ethicists welcome this as moral progress. Others note the arrangement ___ affection is converted into expenditure, and expenditure into an obligation nobody can afford to refuse. The animal that cannot be treated becomes a failure of love rather than a limit of income. Between the two positions lies a practical difficulty: welfare standards written for the wealthy tend to make ownership itself a privilege.
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- A) whereas
- B) thereby
- C) hereby
- D) whereupon
- E) whereby