Animals are not better than people

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It is a common sentiment among radical vegan activists, superficial animal-lovers and other misanthropes that animals are better than humans because they do not indulge in pointless cruelty. Any act of brutality performed by animals, they say, is necessary for that animal’s survival. WRONG! Cats regularly torture mice to death, chickens will brutally peck and torment any “different” member of the flock, elephants impale buffaloes on their tusks, Giant steamer ducks beat up other waterfowl just for the hell of it, weasels that raid hen houses kill far more than they can eat, Spotted hyenas and accipitrids start eating their prey while it is still alive and kicking, hippos callously kill gazelles and baby elephants and leave them to rot, and chimpanzees hunt Red colobus monkeys for sport as much as for food. The only difference (if there is any) is that humans posses the mental complexity to realize on some level that such cruelty is morally wrong. 
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PCAwesomeness's avatar
Even though I'd say animals are better than we give them credit for, this is true enough.