Well, I agree with you but for a somewhat different reason. Torturing animals is wrong because, well, not sure how to put this, but it's a symptom of a disturbed mind. If you're, say, burning a dog with a blow torch just because it makes you feel good, you're a sick person and need to seek immediate treatment. I don't know how accurate this is, but it seems a small step from torturing defenseless animals to harming people.

As far as treating the animals we eat goes, I still see a reason to try to take good care of them. For one, they'll be healthier and likely to live long enough to be eaten--and, somehow, I think they'll just taste better. I'm speaking completely from hearsay here, but I've heard that if a cow is severely frightened when it is slaughtered, the meat will not taste right. And it's a mark of a good hunter to be able to bring down the prey with a single shot, rather than merely wounding it and thus cause it to die slowly.

I think what PETA objects to about KFC is that they're cramped into tiny cages and their beaks are clipped or removed to prevent them from injuring each other. I'm not sure if that's a painful process for the chickens or not. It certainly doesn't sound pleasant, but neither does spaying dogs or putting on horseshoes. at any rate, I can't believe those conditions are the best for the chickens or the people eating the chicken.