in nature rule #1 your species comes first i'm not saying its ok to abuse animals in fact im against it but im also a confirmed carnivore and if you think about it eating meat is partially responsible for the advent of technology we invented the pointy stick to make catching meat easier, and most scientists believe that adding meat to our diet is the reason are brains grew enough to form intelligent thought as we know it, my second point is alot of groups like peta seem to believe that we should put the wellfare of animals before our own which is a completely unnatural concept, im sorry but if im starving to death and theres an endangered animal there and no other food im gonna eat it, i wouldn't do it for fun or profit but ill do what i gotta do to survive. the main thing im trying to get at is that these people arent doing any real good and the animals theyre claiming to protect dont care about other species, they think feeding their dogs soy is helping its not cause that dog would pounce on a steak made from tiger meat eagerly. i do support protecting endangered animals and i do think hunting just for sport is wrong but our ancestors worked hard to get us in charge of this planet and im not willing to give up that position cause some hippies and actors tell us to