We don't look to other animals for our moral cues in other areas. For example, some animals fight to the death over a mate, commit rape, or eat their young. Such "natural" events don't mean we're going to legalize rape, murder, or infanticide.

The fact remains: Factory farms and slaughterhouses are violent, bloody, places. We all understand that it is immoral to harm a dog or cat. It is equally immoral to pay someone to harm a chicken, cow, pig, turkey, or any other animal.

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