Would You Be Upset if a Dog’s Obituary Was Published in the Obituary Section?

The Tribune-Democrat recently published an obituary for “Daisy ‘Doodles’ Miller”.  ‘Doodles’, as you can see from the photo below, is a dog.

Apparently the obituary has caused a degree of controversy — not for the content of the obituary — but because it was published alongside human obituaries.

So, here’s some questions:

1.  Should pet obits be published in the newspaper?

2.  Should they have their own section or should they be included with the human obituaries?

4.  Why aren’t pet obituaries more common in newspapers? 

Here’s “Doodles” obituary from the newspaper’s website: