[austinjp]

I think you're reading the room perfectly well. Or at least, reading the mood of plenty of people.

We're only going to find ever-increasing numbers of animals that demonstrate various forms of cognisance. Hopefully we'll continually re-evaluate our collective actions as a globally dominant species.

Perhaps you should avoid reading about Harry Harlow's "wire mother" experiments [0]. They're abjectly depressing, and demonstrate how horrifically cruel humanity can be toward other creatures.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harlow