[tail_exchange]

As the article says, animals are not automatons, despite our tendency to see them as so. Maybe they do it for similar reasons why we adopt pets? Biologically, it doesn't make sense to keep a modified wolf in my house competing for my resources either.

[rqtwteye]

Exactly. Us humans do a lot of things that aren’t optimal but make us feel good for some reason. Why do people like cats? They often are assholes but we still love them. Why would animals be different?

[sorokod]

You can feed and care for an extra mouth and still procreate. Animals tend not to have such luxury, some will abandon the weak offspring because of that.