I don't know how you can come out with this stuff. Have you ever shared your life with a dog? Or been in the water with a dolphin? Or built up a bond with a horse? I have done all of those things, and I can tell you that these creatures have recognisable personalities at least the equivalent of a small child (should that be "animalities"?). Dogs and horses are well capable of showing remorse for bad behavior and fear of the unknown. Look into the eyes of a chimp and tell me that it is "just food".
Get your head up out your Holy Book and look at the real world around you!
I take it you don't like fried chimp. ;-)
Ok maybe they are a little more than food. They are also beasts of burden, fur coats, glue, ivory, medical test subjects, etc.
And they can be pets and friends and even examples of unconditional love and unwavering loyalty.
But they aren't human and man was given dominion over them. That dominion includes permission and authority to kill animals for food. And our Lord and God ate meat and served fish to others.
The fact is, we don't know what happens to animals when they die. I hope some dogs go to heaven, I hope mosquitos burn in Hell. (Not really, I just don't want them in Heaven.) But it doesn't matter. Our role is clear and we have authority over the animals.
Yes, We can misuse that authority that was given us. But it is clear God puts a higher value on man's life than animal life and that should always be a key consideration in our execution of that authority along with respect for God's creation.
And people have had cows, pigs, chickens and fish as pets. But we still eat them and use them as necessary. And that's what they are here for.
After six years of these threads on FR I am still stunned at the extent to which some people just can't do that. You can't throw them a line. You can't break through. They might as well be catatonic.