Is it really that much better to make friends with animals before you kill them than to treat them as nameless, faceless objects before you kill them? From a yogic point of view, one must weigh the karmic consequences of perceiving others as mere objects to be used and the consequences of profiting from the suffering of others.
I was taught not to confront and interrupt people, but that's what I do every day on 'The View. '
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.