Something I have been thinking about on the side - and this is rather completely off-topic but a worthy mention. Note: I don't in any way condone what the OP story is about, see my first post#4
But... In this country I am getting a little sick of the praising of cat/dog lives as if they are in some higher order of animals. Countries like china find dogs to be a delicious food, yet people here will contribute to dog/cat animal rescue organizations more than worrying about human lives. Dogs/Cats are expendable. I know, because I have 20+ strays running around in our neighborhoods that I run into daily while walking my dogs (which were strays, btw). I see dogs/cats that are treated better than humans in cuddle strollers that their owners push them around in... It just seems a bit odd... when in reality it's just another animal, you just find the concept of eating that type of meat to be gross and find animals like cows to be delicious.
Just curious on what AT thoughts are, I'm not exactly swaying any opinion in one general direction, just curious on other's thoughts on this.