>The question that I am really aching to have answered is this: if a life
>is a life is a life, then why does it matter what form that life comes
>in?  Why, just b/c we are "top of the animal chain" does that mean that
>we feel more or deserve more?  My family/friends all think that I am so
>crazy b/c I am so diehard about animals.  But really, how is that any
>different then being passionate about children's rights or women's
>rights?
 
I think what you wrote is great.  No one being is more valuable than
another, regardless of species!  Glad to meet someone else who thinks so!
 
Kim Wolf
Mystyx Samoyeds, Ferrets and Rescue
www.mystyxcritters.com
www.mystyxrescue.petfinder.org
[Posted in FML issue 3908]