Did Tony Really Love Animals?

One of the prerequisites for being a Sociopath is that they love animals. People often say that Tony is a Sociopath and give his love of animals as one reason. Does the show do enough to convince you that Tony loves animals?

He seemed to enjoy the idea of the ducks more than he loved them. He admitted to Melfi that he thought it was cool that they chose his pool to have their babies. Does that mean that he loves animals?

He seemed to care about Pie-O-My but did he love the horse? It is very likely Tony only cared so much about the horse because the horse was a revenue stream for him.

People cite his treatment of Angie’s dog as an example of his loving animals when all he really managed to do was pet the dog and not beat it with the baseball bat.

He got mad when he heard about Little Cosette but that was more about Chrissy being a junkie than him giving a shit about the dog.

According to AJ, The Sopranos had a dog but it got hit by a car. Why did Tony never get another dog for the family?

The cat at Satrielle’s. He didn’t want to allow Paulie the satisfaction of killing it.

Hell, he even shot one animal in the face.

I don’t know. I happen to know that I was high when I wrote this post. It took me 15 minutes and it’s probably nothing but gibberish.