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Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.

I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick.

Animals were my pets, and the thought of eating my pets freaked me out.

I don't eat animals. I rescue strays and take injured pigeons to the wildlife rehab. I carry spiders and wasps outside in a cup covered with a 3x5 card. It would only follow that I'd take pause when contemplating the abrupt and apparently brutal ending of a tiny human being's life, or even a potential human being's life.

I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.

I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.

I was one of those kids who found it difficult to eat anything that looked like an animal.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.