Original Commentary

Isabel added the "otherwise this place will be crawling with strays". I'm glad she did. It reinforces and explains Kimberly's opinion of animals - she's not against them, but she has no fondness for feral ones. Isabel and I couldn't agree on whether it should be "one sandwich" or "one stray" in the last line, so we compromised. And yes, she got that hot dog from a street vendor just off-panel - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Brants! Our oddly-colored cat/rabbit animals. Furry comics can run into this problem - if rabbits and hedgehogs and cats are people, then isn't it weird if there's also rabbits and hedgehogs and cats who aren't people?

There have been a lot of folks with a lot of different solutions to this over the years. Ours is to introduce an entirely new species of animal that's clearly Just Pets.

Brant colorations are named after fruits. This little guy is a cactus brant.

That expression in the second panel is Brant for "Hello. I am cute. I am going to take your sandwich". - Terrence