I asked my friends about this (not telling them about the article). They said that they will not grief or go through regret related to saving the pig or any ani

I asked my friends about this (not telling them about the article). They said that they will not grief or go through regret related to saving the pig or any animal in that case. The explanation was "If I was already aware of the fact that pig will die eventually in butcher house; I wouldn't have worried too much about it's natural death beside just the fact that I lost an animal who could have become my dinner sometime." While I can totally relate to the farmer in the article. I might have also cried of my pig's death regardless of knowing that the pig is going to be butchered sooner or later.