pets

Millions of animals inhabit Earth, though the meaning and magnificence of this fact hardly reaches us in lives set apart by paved roads and claimed lands. When our human-only days echo our disconnection from the rest of the animal kingdom, we may set the proverbial table for one more and invite a pet to join our lives. “A completely human life isn’t enough for most of us,” says Patricia McConnell, host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated call-in show “Calling All Pets,” certified applied animal behaviorist and author of the 2002 book The Other End of the Leash. Our love…