Giving a name to a lion does not make it human. Calling a baby-in-development a mass of tissue does not make it non-human.
Think bambi, thumper etc, etc. Clarence the cross eyed lion? Some folks have been humanizing animals for quite a while now. Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie. Heck they’re just simple folks just like us. :>}
Thank you for that. You're right on both counts.
And, there's more. You can't prove that you're a man by traveling halfway around the world to execute a defenseless animal. You can't buy courage. And, you can't develop courage by hiring a PR firm and hiding from the press.
This guy should summon up the courage to get out in front of this. He should come forward and try to explain what he thought he was doing, what he was trying to prove. The truth can't be as bad as he's making it appear.