126,000+ unborn babies are murdered every day and all these Leftist do-gooders care about are chickens. I hardly expect them to get excited about the 100,000+ dead in the tsunami region.
Hell, Leftists get more bent out of shape over a boiled lobster than they do about the people butchered under Saddam's regime...
Any pro-life person should have some compassion toward animals. Just looking at your own dog, it is pretty obvious it can feel joy -- and pain. As an owner of two exotic birds, I can tell you they aren't stupid, that they interact with humans in advanced ways, and have been demonstrated to have the learning power of 2-year olds.
Jeremy Bentham, a classic philospher, even promoted humane treatment of animals, and felt they should have limited rights. The issue has been debated for centuries, it is not a "PETA" invention.
A civilized person, I think, should have a consistent position on the issue of respecting life, and that should include being "pro-life" and having an interest in humane treatment of animals, even if you are not willing to go all the way to adopting a vegetarian diet (as I've done).
Yeah, I'm an NRA member -- but I don't recreationally hunt, though that's your legal right.
To gleefully discuss ending animals lives in a cruel and extremely painful way as I've occasionally seen on FR threads is pretty sick and juvenile.
I think Conservatives are better than that.
OK, that's my two cents.