Hal's death, caused when he fails to please his
human masters anymore and refused to obey them, fittingly comes about
because of his
arrogance and pride.
Such thinking is insane, yet such thinking is exactly what we apply in the case of animals being murdered, and
because of our
human animal egotism, selfishness and
arrogance, we allow to be done to other animals, what we would be outraged at, if it were done to US or to someone WE loved.