[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats animals.

Yes, you can. And, you can tell a lot about people when you learn they hold animals in higher regard than people. THAT is a really dangerous sign.

[glennaro]

Very true. There’s no guarantee that people who are nice to animals will be nice to people ... it would be good if that was true ... but there are too many exceptions to posit a corollary.