A lot of dogs could absolutely kill you, but they don't. My cat could be 100 lbs and she'd still be more interested in kibble and pillows than mauling me. So,

A lot of dogs could absolutely kill you, but they don't. My cat could be 100 lbs and she'd still be more interested in kibble and pillows than mauling me. So, no not all animals are sociapathic (I'm not sure that's the right word in any case). Wild animals are wild and do wild animal things, they absolutely live and die by a different code. But this whole argument, I think is spurious. Simply because they follow a different set of rules doesn't mean that they don't deserve our caring and protection. Your argument sounds a lot like the one people make about other groups of people who find themselves morally superior versus another group. Replace "animals" with "muslims" or "jews" or "communists" or whatever and it may sound familiar. That we recognize and respect that animals have needs and feelings even if they are not beneficial to us is exactly the point of this.