Can’t answer for @BlubberSeal, but in my hand-waved sci-fi setting, I’ve gone with a two-part solution for pets.
Feral animals are genetically and socially far enough removed from anthros to be considered their own primitive species. They are treated like in our world.
Pets are inconvenient in a high-tech space future, so if anything, most people have robot pets designed as small feral animals. These double as ‘intelligent’ personal technological interfaces (think smartphones, but cool).
Can’t answer for @BlubberSeal, but in my hand-waved sci-fi setting, I’ve gone with a two-part solution for pets.
Feral animals are genetically and socially far enough removed from anthros to be considered their own primitive species. They are treated like in our world.
Pets are inconvenient in a high-tech space future, so if anything, most people have robot pets designed as small feral animals. These double as ‘intelligent’ personal technological interfaces (think smartphones, but cool).