@wavyboilou@Treylivingburna Lions kill for food that doesn’t mean humans are morally justified in causing unnecessary suffering. We have higher cognition, which means higher responsibility.
The standard isn’t what happens in the wild the standard is whether we as moral agents minimize unnecessary harm.
@wavyboilou@Treylivingburna animals in the wild don’t give instant mercy deaths, many prey animals are eaten alive and nature isn’t humane it’s survival based. Humans are the only species capable of moral reflection, that’s the difference,
Abuse isn’t defined by whether something happens in nature.