it only cruelty for humans if you're standing anywhere near...but in the CG world, no one is "really" involved, you see :) Is there anything in any TOS regarding things such as that? Oh..the point...its nearly as ridiculous as the rest

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854