Killing a Preborn Turtle: Illegal under federal law, $100,000 fine, 1 year in prison. Killing a preborn human: Legal under federal law, funded by the government, applauded as “empowering”.

That's kind of always been a thing? ¯\(ಠ_ಠ)

You can dredge up thousands of historical examples, from Sumerians (death penalty for cattle/sheep rustlers like in the wild west) to Romans (entertainment, ala coliseums) to Aztecs and Maori (spiritual sacrifice) basically anyone that had slavery (like a majority of the caliphates/sultanates, 1 slave != 1 tiger) to raw financial calculation (ex. West Indies Company, one Lyall's Wren > 10 filthy land lubbers, so you all better catch that damn bird if you want the queen to let you keep your head!).

People over animals is incredibly recent, possibly only as a result of wars becoming ever bigger and more destructive and certain book-nosed "smarties" extrapolating that to a potential for self-extinction through technological advancements. Before Napoleon the consensus was always "eh, screw it, we can always make more of you" (mega hardass Caterina Sforza to her own captive son)

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