To the Editor:

Re “The Reason Trump Hates Your Dog,” by Frank Bruni (column, Nov. 6):

To share your home and heart with an animal requires empathy. The symbiosis between a person and a pet is based on trust, a shared need for the warmth of companionship and an empathy that intuits moods and motives.

Living with and caring for a pet is not the province of a narcissist who cannot feel another’s pain or delight in another’s joy. A man who willingly puts young children in cages clearly possesses not a shred of empathy, so it is no wonder he hates dogs, and I would assume cats, hamsters, ferrets and bunnies as well.

Daphne Case

Hartsdale, N.Y.