Animals

I want to set the record straight about animals. Animals are not as smart
as people, that much is not a revelation. But here's the deal about how
they feel. All animals have feelings. All animals have a sense of pain.
They know when they are getting hurt, and I would venture that that being
eaten, for example, is fully as horrible for them as it would be for us to
be eaten. Most animals also have fear and curiosity. Fear tells them they
are about to be harmed, and I venture that they also feel just as
uncomfortable when they are scared as we do. Curiosity helps them look for
food, water and the other things they rely upon.

We should be mindful of these things when we deal with them.