America is one of the most pet friendly countries in the world and might be at the top. Americans have an extreme fascination with pets. Then again, pets are friendly and cuddly and cute. As you can tell, I'm an American and yes, I love my pets. Back on topic now, no one really knows why people can connect to animals more than they can connect with other humans. It's a baffling question. Of course, you have to pull in factors like that pets don't talk and just want love, while humans talk and basically it's complicated.