User blog comment:Ofhani Rapetswane/A pet or masscot for the Straw Hats??/@comment-2015213-20100916060122

Chopper is not a pet by any means but he is (or at the very least is considered) the animal mascot of the Straw Hats and the series. Why do we need another animal in the crew? To fill the mascot spot when we clearly have Chopper? Nonsense, we don't need another animal (or a pet for that matter).