Animals do have feelings. But one has to have reasonable lines. Its abhorrent to torture animals. Dog fights, cock fights even Greyhound racing is a brutal sport. But lets take the reducto ad absurdom point of view. Do you have to feel for a red ant hill that you are dumping poison on? Or that Mosquito you swat on your arm? Its up to you but its insane to feel the same way about a mosquito as you would say a puppy. It would turn any normal persons stomach to see some sicko hang a cat by the tail and throw stones at it. Or to toss gas on a dog and light it on fire. One would have to be a very sick and IMO someone who should be just shot if they thought this was cool or entertaining. But the world is full of sick people. I am in favor of standards in the meat industry to make the process as humane and pain free as possible. Personally I have not eaten red meat for 18 years. Its not that I don't love a good steak but red meat is one of the worst things you can eat.
I had many of my family who died with heart blockages due to eating high fat, I.E. Butter, dairy, eggs, red meat. My wife worked at a Dr. office. And she had seen several people who were in need of heart bypass surgery. several of them went on a no fat diet. Really limiting any fat intake. No trans or saturated fats. They said some will always get through but you limit it as much as possible. Most of them after a year of doing this did not need surgery any longer.
I am 60 now and I had my arterys checked by my GP and he said they are very clean and should be good till the end. My wife and I eat a little Chicken White meat only and fish and then its limited. We use it to flavor food dishes not as some do with a heaping plate of meat for dinner.
I used to hunt deer, Bear and Pronghorn even wild boar. But it does not bring me pleasure to kill things. I get much more joy out of watching the deer in my yard. This is not to say I will not dispatch the odd animal that is causing issue. If I have a coon that is attacking my feral cat I take care of, I have a 22 suppressor and in my sub I will end that thing right there. No pleasure taken but I had to pay 180 for surgery for my cat for an abscess he got in a coon fight.
I also have a rule that if it does not have hips it dies if I can kill it. So all snakes will be dispatched in my yard. Copperhead and gardener snake they all die. Sorry but that is the way it is. I also have black widow spiders, and the occasional fiddle back. I spray for them and ants but as stated above, I do not put insects on the level of puppys or cats, or other animals.
Dr. Fauchi that lying idiot, was involved with cutting Beagle puppy's vocal cords to stop them from crying in the insane torture he approved. What a total douch nozzle. https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/us-news/fauci-accused-of-funding-experiments-involving-beagles-being-eaten-alive.html