companion animal

• animal companion

companion animal (plural companion animals)

1. A pet.
   • 2023 August 11 (last accessed), David Pearce, “Companion Animals”, in HedWeb‎^[1]:

     A loving relationship with a proper companion animal, a relationship that adequately provides for the animal's physical and psychological needs, is not at all inconsistent with the principles and advocacy of animal rights.

• companimal