It's interesting to watch films which show what animals do to each other.  But it's not about morality with them -- it's about eating because they're hungry.

On the other hand, anyone who's ever seen a cat play with it's still-living and panicked prey, or who's seen what a large dog can do to the cat in its turn -- anyone who's seen that might be inclined to think that animals are morally (snort) cruel.

We eat animals because we are a part of the same natural system that they are.  It's just that we happen to sit at the very top of the food chain..........and some people feel that it's just not fair that we occupy that position.

There's also the "fluffy & cute" factor when it comes to humans and animals, and the value that humans place upon animal life.  People are absolutely horrified when they see videos of cats and dogs used for medical experiments in labs -- but most of those same people won't bat an eye when they savagely crush a tarantula or a scorpion.

And thirdly: there's the "Disney Movie" factor when it comes to people's attitudes towards animals in the modern era.  From their early childhood up, people have been influenced by seeing animals sympathetically portrayed as having human emotions, and human thoughts.  Hey -- they even talk, don't they?

Hint: your cute little purring kitty cat would eat you, if she was big enough to do it.

No, I don't believe in cruelty to animals: and I despise people who hurt animals for no reason other than the pure sneering vileness of sadistic human nature.  However: killing and eating animals is as natural for us as it is for a tiger or a lion.  In spite of what some say, we weren't designed to eat grass.  Strict vegetarians are prone to certain health issues.

Of course, everyone knows that Hitler was a vegetarian, and that he was nice to his dog.  So you can't always judge a man's character 100% by how kind he is to animals: or by whether or not he eats them.

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