Humanity should respect animals.

[Cyan]

It interesting that your comparing animal life to cancer. Because human existence on this planet in the crisscross spreading over the countryside manner that it is, is inimical to predators. Prey species, deer and elk for example, however dont have these issues and breed and breed and breed, much like a cancer. Deer have evolved to breed soo much, because of the predators. You remove them from the food chain, and the deer populations swell so large that there isnt enough food around for them all. Underweight and small bones becomes the norm, diseases spread like wildfire because the population densities can soar to four or five times what is considered ideal, etc. Participating in wildlife management is beneficial for the herds, to borrow your phrase, it could be compassion for animals.

So you say, what if something considered me prey? I consider animals food because I don't feel that they are sentient. Nothing to do with theological justification for tyranny. Now I suppose one mans stewardship is another mans tyranny.

If im doing my job, the animals dont run away when im hunting. But I understand the point your making, but to my mind its a defense, all forms of life have defenses, some trees poison the earth so no other flora can grow on it but them.

Honey, in an infinite universe, you can bet a great many spirits consider you their prey. And its good that way. since an equally great number of spirits consider the form of prey you are to be the one that is interesting to watch for its entire life, its interesting to prolong its life indefinently and give it everything it wants so it tastes better when it dies of ripe old age and moves on. If you are lucky, trillions of these small things already live inside you You are their prey, just you try what happens when you stop producing stomach lining acid solvents. You'll end up as "prey" for your stomach acid rather quickly.