If I did have a pet, it is possible that I would not care for it (assuming animal cruelty laws did not exist), although it is more likely that I would develop an attachment to it, and would come to care about its well-being. That is how humans work, in my experience. I don’t think this necessarily has any implications w.r.t. the moral status of nonhuman animals.
So, presumably you don’t keep a pet, and if you did, you would not care for its well-being?
Indeed, I have no pets.
If I did have a pet, it is possible that I would not care for it (assuming animal cruelty laws did not exist), although it is more likely that I would develop an attachment to it, and would come to care about its well-being. That is how humans work, in my experience. I don’t think this necessarily has any implications w.r.t. the moral status of nonhuman animals.