Starting out, let me say that if it were my kitty children in the street or a kid, there would be no doubt and it would be a no-brainer...I would save my children. Who cares if they're cats? They are MY children. I can't expect the mom of the human kid in the street to save my kits over her kid, so she can't expect it from me.
I know that a lot of kid-free people like me believe kids are innocent, but I do not. I remember as a kid that I knew some things I did were wrong and I did them anyway. That is not innocent and I deserved to learn the right way and receive punishment as necessary. I also am a Christian and that leads me to believe no human being from conception until death is innocent. I cannot quote this verse but I've heard there is something in the Bible which says you're a sinner even in the womb. How? Why? I don't know, but I believe it. On the other hand, in my mind animals, all of them, are innocent. If a dog bites a kid, in my mind it's not the dog needing punishment it is the kid for bothering the dog. Animals are innocent and kind without human involvement. The dog was protecting itself and using self defense. The kid had to bother the dog to the point that the dog felt it had to defend itself. A lot of people think I'm crazy for thinking this way. I'm not crazy just as they aren't for believing the opposite.
I hate to sound evil but when I hear an animal abuse story, I get upset and wish for longer and more serious prison sentences...but when a mom abuses her kid, I honestly begin wondering if that would have happened had she been kid-free. Yes, she should get a prison sentence, but no, she shouldn't have had the kid in the first place. I wish more people would think before reproducing and then there wouldn't be as many problems after the kid is born.
I find nothing wrong with comparing any type of animal to a kid, or an adult, for that matter. We're all alive and on the Earth and need to learn to live together peacefully. It probably won't ever happen, but I live my life hoping it will. Although I have many negative feelings towards kids I do not treat them badly at all when I come across them. I try not to interact with them for the most part. With animals, I am attracted to any of them like magnets.
Phew. Now that I've ranted all that, I feel better, but I'm glad this subject came up.
