I do not and will never condone the outright cruelty to animals. I do though firmly believe that God gave us animals and plants to use as tools to sustain life through, health, food, and even shelter. If a mouse dies in the efforts to cure cancer, or a cow dies so I can eat, then these are tools to sustain life. Certainly, animals have rights, but not equal to humans and certainly not higher than humans. God himself has used animals to spare human life for thousands of years. He gave Abraham the ram to sacrifice in place of his own son. If He intended us to be vegetarians, He would have told Adam and Eve to not eat from the tree or eat any of the animals. He did intend us to use His provisions with great care, conservation, and yes ethics. This is much different though than the fanatical views of both PETA and SPCA. Though their core motives of animal protection seem to be correct, I can’t deal with their constant screeching, protesting and fanatical actions in areas that could actually jeopardize our abilities to find important life changing cures for disease or even my basic rights to, fish, hunt, and eat meat. I Had a wonderfully delicious piece of grilled Mahi Mahi last night, my wife had a wonderful grilled chicken breast and my son enjoyed a nice sirloin steak. We thanked God for His provisions then set about to eat every single bite without once feeling as if we had violated a fish, bird, or cows rights. With proper conservation, respect for nature and our resources we plan to enjoy more of it for many years to come.