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pet parent noun a person who looks after a pet animal Liberaldictionary.com
usage This term is considered by some people concerned with the rights of animals to be more acceptable than owner Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012