With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We, Homo sapiens, destroyed the majority of the large mammalian species in North America and Australasia just over 10,000 years ago. We, Homo sapiens, now are destroying the other species that presently exist on this planet at a rate of about 15,000 to 20,000 per year.
Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once.
Nature abhors annihilation.
Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.
I do not knowingly kill any living thing - including insects or rodents - and I thank my food for sustaining me.
My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species.
Around the world today we're seeing an incredible transformation, from what I would call a biocidal species, one that - whether we intentionally or unintentionally - have designed our systems to kill life, a lot of the time.
Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.
From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.