The sum of all atrocious acts done by humans against humans throughout history pales in comparison..

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3. I think the reason for that is that many people feel that since we are human

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]we should care about what happens to other humans more than what happens to any animal.

And to a degree, I think that they have a point. Very few people are going to value the life of a single ant to that of a full grown lion. Even less are going to care about the deaths of billions of bacteria when we wash our hands.

That said, animals like lions are very different from ants and bacteria. They are large thinking sentient animals who feel and are capable of social interactions. Further, they are also a species on the brink of extinction. This pushes their value up almost to the same level as a human being in my opinion.

I think caring about them, or similar animals like the five elephants that were killed is also extremely important.[/font]