DB> Obviously you don't watch any of the nature programs on the Learning 
 DB> Channel or Discovery.  I believe it is called "Natural Selection!"  :)
BR>    But cruelty is a practice reserved to humans.  Animals
BR> kill to eat, do not  maim simply to cause pain, and
BR> generally behave in what could be termed a  'reasonable' (or
BR> consistent with their behavioral ruleset) manner.  People, 
BR> however, do all sorts of aberrant things simply because they
BR> can. 
Then please answer a couple of questions:
Why does one of my cats go out catch mice or moles
bring them in, play with them until they are dead then
leaves them?
Why will a dog get into a chicken coop/pen and kill
each and everyone but eat none of them?
Why will a dog chase and bite horses and/or cattle?
Sorry, I've seen too many things that animals do to say
they are incapable of cruelty. 
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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