You wrote: “No I don't think it's morally justified as I don't believe in killing a fellow human.”
Okay
in order not to be speciecist, i.e. in order to not discriminate based
on species, you have to include animals in your moral concern.
“Speciesism
and human slavery are similar in that in all cases animals and enslaved
humans have a basic interest in not being treated as things and yet are
treated as things on the basis of morally irrelevant criteria. To deny
animals this basic right simply because they are animals is like saying
that we should not abolish race-based slavery because of the perceived
inferiority of the slaves’ race. The argument used to support slavery
and the argument used to support animal exploitation are structurally
similar: we exclude beings with interests from the moral community
because there is some supposed difference between ‘them’ and ‘us’ that
has nothing to do with the inclusion of these beings in the moral
community. The animals rights position maintains that if we believe that
animals have moral significance, the principle of equal consideration
requires that we stop treating them as things.” – Gary Francione
In
order to not be speciecist, you have to include them in your moral
concern and not to kill your fellow non-human animals for food, clothing
or any other reason.
“If
we left nature alone, there would be millions more wild animals killing
each other and millions of animals like wild cats killing humans!”
First
of all your argument is not related to the reason why people
domesticate, enslave and exploit almost 60 billion land animals per year
for food, and exploit more than 1000 billion marine animals per year;
neither the driving force of why people are hunting. The driving force
behind all this is the viewing of animal as commodities, and
killing/hunting and eating for pleasure, taste, convenience, habit or
tradition.
You are assuming that there would be million predators killing humans.
There
is a nonviolent solution. We could live in ways to protect ourselves
from wild cats and other predators. You are trying morally to justify
violence to prevent other sentient beings potential violence against
humans. Would you ever believe it is justified to kill another human
just because you saw him/her as a potential threat?
I am opposed to violence. I recommend this article: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-comment-on-violence/#.UaCzxZxc18E
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