Mistreatment of animals is a real sore spot with me.
They are inteligent and have feelings.
They feel pain just like us but nature has taught them not to show it or they will be killed.
They deserve our respect and care.
We are the only species on earth that is capable of turning the earth into a garden of eden and of caring for the injured and I feel that is what the Bible said when it was written that we have dominion over the animals.