Why do some rich people leave their wealth to their pets?

Hello, faith, my dear friend. It is not easy to guess why. I think that maybe they are just pet lovers. They concern more about their pets because they can bring them happiness and much pleasure. There is one point that I need to mention, ie, pets are also considered to be one member of the family. That is why they would rather leave their money to their pets once they leave their pets. It is normal. Lol.

Probably they have lost faith in humans (near relatives and family members) and also they must have found profound love with these pets and consider that their salvation lies in serving these pets I suppose.

I can give your one good reason. Usuually this happens, when the family of the deceased person, have neglected them over the years. It comes to a point, when a lonely, elderly person, sees no love in their lives. The only thing that has ever given them love, are their pets, or someone elses pets.

In gaining all that wealth they've probably alienated all the people around them leaving only their pets to comfort them. Who else would they leave it to then?

i have no idea of why..does it literarilly means pets inherit their wealth like what it is like on a will of testament? if thats so, i dunno but i kinda think its funny absurd..lolzz..could be that they don't mix well with their relatives knowing other wealthy people just give their love to their pets when they feel like they aren't love from relatives for a reason..( meaning was love by wealth ) thats the only idea i can think of why..

Hello there faith210! Well, my idea is that maybe because their pets give them unconditional love. Roof! Roof!

That just shows how really different we are. I remember one time about on mylotter who said that if there is fire and she has to choose between saving her cats and her children, she would save the cats. I find it terrible but i respect her choices no matter how i would never understand it. The same with leaving animals with so much wealth, instead of leaving it to a charity, relative or a poor person who is so deserving of a good break.

MAybe because there are no decent people in their lives...or they have no one else. Or maybe they want to be sure someone will take care of their beloved pet when gone, who knows? lol=)

I am thinking because either they dont really have someone to leave it to, someone they love and trust enough, and these pets have been their loyal companions, so they want someone to take care of them when they die, and they figure with the money goes the pet and maybe they'll be taken care of. Also, it leaves the decision of who to leave the money to a mute point, by leaving it to their pet they do not have to make the difficult decisions, about where money should go and such, that is just my humble opinion, =)

Americans care about pets more than ever today. Nearly two-thirds - 63 percent - of households have a pet, and pet lovers spent $38.5 billion on their pets in 2006, up from $21 billion a decade earlier. According to the Census Bureau, in the last decade, the percentage of homes with pets has remained relatively stable, but the amount of money people spend on pets has doubled. We spend several billion dollars more on dog and cat food than on baby food. According to Bob Vetere, the president of the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, 42 percent of pets sleep in the same bed as their owners - up from 34 percent in 1998. I found no statistic saying what percentage of people share their beds with other humans, but it's obvious that pets are catching up. Pets provide company, calm, and comfort in troubling times. Others point to the fact that many people these days are deciding not to have children, so they have pets - and spend freely on them. Some people, very freely.

i can't really understand them.yes,i can understand their huge love for that pet but don't think they have any piece of mind.what can a pet do with a fortune?they don't think about this?at least they could pay an amount to a special institute to take care of the pet during its life.what happens finnally with that fortune.how can the pet manage with it?who really gets that money?

Wow! That's is really amazing. I haven't read a one fact or story. If it does happen today, we don't really wonder, animals seem to know better how to show love then a man who has a heart and a mind. We seem to be consumed by our minds desires but forgot to show a little kindness to our loved ones.

I think its because pets love you unconditionally. Family, and don't get me wrong I am not talking about everyone, but I assume they are only out for the money. I am sure they are aware of that and resent this. So they leave it to there pets, they are the one that represented as a loving companion.

I can never seem to find justification for that ,just as i cant understand why these persons would make homes for their pets that are much bigger than the homes of many persons.Granted there are persons who have little or no interaction with humans and their animals fill the void left by the lack of humans but that still does not mean that they should leave everything to an animal who cant spend it

Obviously their animal companion has been the most loyal and loving, faithful individual to them.I don't blame them at all, they want to make sure their care is upkept somehow.I hope they had found a decent overseer before they passed.

THE RICH TEND TO DISLIKE HUMANITY, when they finaly shuffle off this mortal coil, and realise they really cant take it with them, fee fee or trixybell seems the better option than anyone else blessed be

maybe its because. they treat their pets as household mambers. or maybe their relatives are not that good to them that's why some rich people chooses their loving pets rather than them.

I don't understand it too. I know pets are in family and I love my cats but if i get that mush money, I will help the poor with that. I will try to spend it for the people can't eat two times a day. I have read that too and was really surprised. But as you said its her money so he has the right at the same time we get the time to think about this and ask ourselves if we were there, what we should have done? Do we think for the people living under the poverty line or our eyes can't reach that point? Thanks for this topic dear!

a few possible reasons... #1 - that their relatives are rich enough to add more wealth #2 - that their relatives were probably unkind(before)to accept a big portion of the inheritance - therefore they receive little. #3 - that their relatives were known to spend wealth wrongly/unwisely...therefore pets/animals were chosen to inherit that big portion under the watchful eyes of the concerned parties..(NGOs,etc..)

I do not know, I feel very strange doing so, the wealth left their pets, it is not they who care can use the property? Otherwise, the animals will not spend money, how they live?