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55 Okla. L. Rev. 627 (2002)
Trusts: Monkeying around with Our Pets' Futures: Why Oklahoma Should Adopt a Pet-Trust Statute

handle is hein.journals/oklrv55 and id is 653 raw text is: COMMENT Trusts: Monkeying Around With Our Pets' Futures: Why Oklahoma Should Adopt a Pet-Trust Statute Many have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You remain responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. - Antoine de-Saint-Exupery L. Introduction On a typical weekday morning, Winston heads to his spacious office, looking sharp in his Tommy HilfigerTm designer clothes. As an important representative for an Oklahoma City public relations firm, Winston is relied upon to charm and entertain the firm's clients. This demanding position requires Winston's secretary to deliver lunch, shrimp is preferable, allowing Winston to sneak a few brief opportunities to nap in the sun.' Winston, unlike most Oklahoma City executives, is a primate: not a human primate, but a capuchin monkey.' Winston, and a rapidly increasing number of animals across the country, share most every detail of their human guardians' lives, including the daily office grind. More adults today have pets than children. More than 60% of U.S. households include at least one pet,5 with as many as 33.9 million 1. Gregory Potts, Welcoming Pets to the Workplace, JOURNAL RECORD (Oklahoma City), Aug. 02, 1999, at 13 (highlighting examples of Oklahoma pets going to work with their guardians). 2. Id. 3. Jill Schachner Chanen, Amicus Canine: Lawyers Who Feel Hounded by Job Stress Appreciate Pooches on the Premises, 86 A.B.A. J. 85 (2000) (arguing that dogs in law firms reduce attorney stress levels and create a more relaxed, friendly environment); Pet News, The Real Truth About Cats and Dogs, PET LIFE, Special Issue 2001, at 10 (reporting that an astounding 19% of dog owners take their pet to work, while 8% of cat owners take their cat to work). 4. Wendy G. Turner, Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in Women's Lives, 6 QUALITATIVE REP. 1 (2001), available at http://www.nova.edu/ssss/ QR/QR6-1/tumer.html (last visited Jan. 30, 2003). 5. Margaret Renkl, Animal Attraction; Great Reasons to Get a Pet, Plus How to Pick the Right One for Your Family, PARENTING, Mar. 2001, at 72; Marian Salzman, The State of the Pet Industry, VITAL SPEECHES, Dec. 15, 2000, 1 2.

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