It is horrifying what happens to animals in slaughterhouses - any animals.

Cattle make wonderful pets. Perhaps not household pets because of their size, but they are loving and loyal and intelligent. So are sheep (well, maybe not so intelligent, but I loved my sheep, and he loved me!)

To me, it's just as awful to hear of cattle dying in horrible conditions as it is to hear of dogs dying in horrible conditions. How is what they are doing any worse than what we are doing to our cattle?

Why is a cow not equal to a dog? Do the cattle suffer any less just because they are cattle?

I just can't wrap my head around assigning more value to one species than another.