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Amid this debate, notable personality Sheamus has voiced a controversial view: questioning whether animals are truly capable of love. The speaker largely agrees with him, asserting that animals might not experience love as humans do—an emotion tied to rational faculties such as understanding mortality or mutual sacrifice. They argue that pets serve functions like companionship and affection but do not possess the higher-order capacity for love rooted in self-awareness and moral understanding.