essentially european descent, landowners. horsemen, peasants, yeomen, etc. not of cities, mainly.
people from more urbanized cultures aren't usually as acclimatized to dealing with animals and don't recognize it as a competence or skill. everyone can learn, but chances are if you have been in a city for generations, it's not as normal. if you didn't learn, and see them mainly as symbols and objects instead of beings, you're going to be a crappy dog owner who ends up in a study like this.
living with animals as pets, especially indoors, and barring some of the asian horse cultures, is pretty western-coded.
what culture and other beings is that? pick a culture and i'm sure I can find plenty of wars and misery and exploitation of the environment.
this reads like Noble Savage living in harmony with Gaia