> I counter argue that anthropomorphizing of animals is fundamentally flawed.

and I further retort that humans are animals, and that classifying humans into "something other than animals" is fundamentally flawed.

Why are so many humans wont on forgetting that we're an animals too?

> The only understanding i can see is that having wild animals as pets should be banned as they normally are in most jurisdictions.

I suppose owning humans as pets is already banned in all jurisdictions, so I think we agree on this.