It's almost as if we have some type of coping mechanism. If we recognized more of ourselves in our animals, we would need to treat them more humane. Just look

It's almost as if we have some type of coping mechanism. If we recognized more of ourselves in our animals, we would need to treat them more humane. Just look at all the cases in human history where other people were reduced to primitive beings and could be treated more cruelly. If we can rationalize these actions towards fellow humans, I assume that the barrier for accepting animal emotions is even harder to break