I have always been that guy who cannot pass a dog on the street without going in for a pet or hang out with a cat who crosses my path.

But I feel the same heart warming feeling when I see any animal, domesticated or not. I have visited Uplands Peak Sanctuary in Salem, Indiana, a few times and absolutely love hanging out with the pigs, goats and the newly arrived chicken and cattle.

I look into the eyes of so-called "farm animals," and I see the same precious life I see in dogs and cats. It's the the same with deer, birds and other "wild" animals, and even mice, insects and others we label pests for convenience sake.

As I have talked about before in this blog, I think Dr. Melanie Joy does a great job explaining why we treat a small number of animals so well while either ignoring or waging all sorts of horrors on so many others.