"I don't think the legislature wrote this law just for the heck of it. I think they had a reason, and I presume that reason was to enable landlords to protect their investment," says Judge Jackson. "Don't you think so?"

• I agree. So in that case "pet" would actually mean pets that cause property damage or otherwise reduce the value of the landlord's investment, right?
• Maybe, but I don't think that it's our job to speculate on it. We should interpret the law as written.