Oh, so all animals lower than human deserve the same disdain? From the lowly snake to the dog and cat? No credit for human companionship or basic compatability?
Is this in the Bible? I must have missed that particular lesson.
As long as you disdain them all equally.
Seriously, though, say you had a pet mink, or fox, or raccoon, that you loved and raised from a tiny baby. If your neighbor's pit bull got hold of it, would you shoot the dog?
Of course you would. It's not the species that matters, but how close the animal is to you.
Is this in the Bible? I must have missed that particular lesson.
You also must have missed the part where I completely fail to bring the Bible into this discussion.
Genesis 9:3
Oh yes - might I also add...
Proverbs Ch.12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.