This article makes the rounds in FB groups frequently. If you research the backgrounds of the authors you will discover they are highly intertwined with animal-rights groups, specifically PETA, which is the source of at least two of the pictures in the article.
That being the case, it is small wonder that they would conclude that we are keeping our animals wrong. Anything to discredit us is going to be in their favour. The real bothersome thing is that people in the community keep latching onto it, thereby bedding down with the devil