I agree that not all traditions are good. However, I think it's different.
I love and respect my pets (dogs, cats, snakes, geckos, feeder and pet rats), all are treated kindly and well taken care of. However, I put human life before any animal.
Is a horse trained to pull a cart a slave? What about a working dog? A performing animal?
What about animals in a zoo or a caged pet? Can you apply the same laws of holding a person against their will to them?
Is killing an animal for any reason murder?
If you can't make human standards apply to animals I don't how you can imply it isn't different. But alas, everyone's opinion will be different
Thanks for the opinions guys/fellow ladies, I enjoyed reading your responses!