[Lestat]

I actually agree with some of it, but certainly not all of it. I'm in between. I recognize animal's rights, but only to the extent that humans do in fact come first. I mean, we're carnivores, and at the top of the food chain, so I can find little wrong with eating animals. Although I think they should be slaughtered in the most humane manner possible. Ditto with clothing. We're in a technological age where there are just too many alternatives to animal skins/furs, or parts. So yes, I'm willing to buy a nice looking belt made of some other fabric than animal hide, if that saves the needless killing of an animal.

On the other hand, I sometimes like unkown animals more than unkown humans. I abhore hunting for sport. In fact, if a hunter looking to bag a big rhino as a trophy were to get killed by the rhino, I'm perfectly ok with that! Seriously... If I could watch the hunt, I would actually be rooting for the rhino to kill the hunter! I've heard of several instances where hunters were killed or maimed by their prey and I always have a good laugh at that. I wish it would happen more often!

I should say that if a hunter eats what he kills, I can tolerate it. But I'd still be rooting for some mishap where the hunter shoots himself or his gun jams and the animal kills him.

I like animals and respect their place along side the human animal in the world.