Animal suffering

[Undertoad]

Animal cruelty is a mixed bag of concerns which includes that it might be a psychological gateway to human cruelty.

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!