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“Humane?” Oh, you mean that liberal-loved, relative term?

"Humane" is not a liberal buzz-word. It is a very old word. Nor is it a relative word. Different people have different perceptions of what it means (just as with the words liberal and conservative). It is a good and necessary word. In 1635, Ireland passed a law against attaching a plough to a horse's tail. Seventeeth century Ireland was neither a liberal nor relativistic society.

Just because some people misuse words, doesn't mean the words are bad.

Within that, social pressure should be allowed to be administered to promote certain behaviors,

Why? I thought you didn't discriminate? If it is okay to torture animals for fun, why should there be any social pressure against it?

Human civilization passes laws that restrict savage behaviour. Torturing animals for fun is one of those behaviours that can be legally restricted. Because different animals serve different roles and have different levels of dignity (a dog vs. a bug, for instance) these restrictions can vary based on a number of factors.

Going into detail as to what and why is beyond the scope of a short post.

Based on what you have written, Michael Vick should have only been charged with illegal gambling and maybe subject to some negative peer pressure.