Rearing a Pet animal invites some form of Pitra Dosha. Let us see a few examples of rearing a Pet animal. 1. Chaining the Dogs. 2. Caging the Birds. 3. Rearing Fish in a small glass jar. 4. Trimming the wings of the bird. 5. Locking up and tying up animals. We are into a false opinion that we are in fact helping the birds/animals/fishes with a secure envronment to live. That is, we provide food, health care and physical security to those animals. But we strip the freedom, the fundamental rights of that animals to live freely. In one stroke, by caging a animal, we condemn them to life imprisonment on them. Thus we damage a Birth cycle of a soul; putting them into difficulties for our own selfish interests or happiness If you really want to rear a pet animal means that you should be able to allow the animal to live in freedom as they do in the natural environment. Otherwise it would invite Pitra Dosha. Let us see the possible effects of Pitra Dosha for this type of Sins. ...