One universal attribute shared among all life forms is the fear of it ending before its time.

Corner a small bug – it may not have the intelligence to comprehend much. Still, when a bug realizes its life is in danger, it scurries about fearfully, trying to save itself.

The bug does not do that when it is about to die its natural death. It quietly goes to the corner and dies.

Those who have had a pet will know this first-hand. When animals are scared, hurt, or feel a sense of danger, they express fear in their eyes. They yelp and cry for survival and mercy. Even a stupid fish wildly thrashes about when we’re taking its life.

Some of us in modern society might have been mentally conditioned to block this sense of empathy and compassion towards other species. But it can be uncovered; we all have it in us.

We are human beings. We are a life form. We can relate to what it feels like to be facing the fear of death. We ought to understand what it means when someone is going to take our lives away for no fault of our own.

How can we ignore any life which is pleading, begging, crying, for the survival of their existence – and then willfully kill it just to enjoy momentary sensory pleasure or save a few bucks?

How can we support the factory farming and animal-killing industry as a society?