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Animal cruelty is a mixed bag of concerns which includes that it might be a psychological gateway to human cruelty.
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No question. We have an empathy for unprotected, innocent creatures (if they resemble us). This is built in, partly because we need to have crazy amounts of empathy for a newborn, who will be needy for years to come. So, we reject humans who don't have this empathy.
But predator species will eat baby animals first, because they are easier prey!