For me this photograph misses the mark in a number of ways. Firstly technicals - the photo is somewhat over exposed, and this causes problems particularly with the forearm - I am not sure if this was in camera or in processing, but either way is something you might want to consider in future entries. the photo overall is a tad on the soft side; I don't think this is a problem with focussing, rather that nearly all digital photographs require a degree of sharpening in post-processing, and I don't think you have gone far enough. I understand the title in relation to the photo, and do feel it meets the challenge, but am not still not sure the photo really works.
I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.
Here’s the table:
1 No Animal/People Interaction
2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction
3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction
4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction
5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction
6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction
9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh
10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite