Life in general

If animals are to be respected it’s only as part of a much wider respect for life in general. Surely the very life force should be respected, no, marvelled at, since Nature is the most beautiful thing we know. Both animals and Nature now need the protection of some humans from the destructive natures of other humans.
We’re looking here at one side of ‘protection’ - that of the farm animal. By protecting these animals we have a chance to restore the balance of Nature itself (vegan principle protecting more than the food on our plate, it’s protecting-as-repairing). If we don’t repair, we’re lost.
Slim as it might seem, there’s probably only one chance left for humans - and ironically it’s the animal chance - that we have to be saved by the animals, or rather by our repaired attitude towards them: In this, we need to look at them differently and we certainly need their forgiveness.
The difficult patch humans are going through, transitioning into a far more conscious life form, needs animal ‘humanity’ to show us our own humanity. To restore our lost sanity. Between animals and us there’s potentially a symbiotic relationship. We have the possibility now to be reciprocal partners. But right now they urgently need our defence.
We need to be their knights in shining armour, acting for them, rescuing them from the towers of castles. Yes, corny perhaps, but just as corny that we sometimes look like such rank amateurs, trying to fight dragons. So what?
If we’re acting in good faith it’s likely we’ll mature into effective advocates. If our intentions are good, bravery won’t any longer be unfamiliar. Hopefully, in the end, we’ll all be positively pulsating with bravery, just in our very being. And then we’ll have no trouble firing up, regarding the oppressed animals as the new damsels in distress.