[Justus]

Barefoot, If you read through the vitriol in response to this subject, it becomes too evident. When posters wish the dentist would arrive home to find his wife and children slaughtered, what more evidence is needed? The case I cited in an earlier post was published on the same day as the lion story; three people were slaughtered by a stranger to whom they'd offered assistance. The visceral reaction of many to the killing of this animal, and indifference to the other story, reveals that equation.

What is evident as this century unfolds is that animals are indeed being elevated to human status, and human life is being devalued. When we are more appalled by the death of an animal than by the death of a human, we have lost our moral compass. It's a historical fact that Adolf Hitler valued animals in this way; you can find this information anywhere.

Five days ago, a town in Spain became the first to give animals rights equal to those of its citizens. Need I say more?