Why selective breeding is harming our pets

Business Insider spoke with John Bradshaw, anthrozoologist and author of "The Animals Among Us," about how humans are breeding cats and dogs to look like babies and how it is making them suffer.

Mr Bradshaw said; "The human response to cuteness is something which has evolved as a way of making sure that we look after our own babies, but our species is unique in that our response to cuteness extends to other species as well."

"One of the trends we’re seeing in pet keeping over the past couple of decades is the increasing popularity of very small dogs and also dogs and cats with very squashed faces. Now all of those are characteristics which are also characteristics of infants."

Watch the full interview for more.

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