re: Do you view all living things...
Go out and watch an afternoon of nature shows. Tell me how almost every living thing on the planet feels about its fellow creatures.
Humanity has advanced to the point--pretty much yesterday in terms of our overall evolution--where we have the luxury of deciding whether to eat something and wear its hide, or to put it on a reserve and watch it through binoculars from the safety of our heated vehicle, before returning to our cities and homes.
Far too many people still think meat comes from a grocery store, and wood from a lumberyard.