Why on earth do we human beings have such a God complex over animals?

It is past time we showed some respect for the creatures we share the earth with. Spoken from my stance as a vegetarian, but also as someone with a heart, values and a strong sense of right and wrong.

The slaughter of thousands of dogs and cats each year at the YuLin Dog Meat Festival in Guangxi province, China needs to stop.

These dogs and cats are captured {many stolen} and caged. They are starved and dehydrated before being publicly slaughtered, hung, skinned and burnt alive or boiled. Horrific for each and every one of them, and for those whose turn it is next.

Where are my friends? {source: AP/Humane Society International}

Animals are intelligent, emotional and cognitively complex. They sense fear and pain.

This is an unfathomable, barbaric practice and needs to be stopped. Last year…