Avatar10 and marmaduke, thank you both for your explanations! I like to hear how different people define empathy, I find it fascinating.

Also, marmaduke, unlike the stereotype of a psychopath you just mentioned... I like most animals. I have three black cats. They sleep on me every night, lol. The only kind of animal I really just don't like are dogs, but I don't go around being cruel to them either. It would not benefit me to be cruel to a being who by its nature really cannot defend itself. Also, I think that poachers/trophy hunters such as you showed a picture of are just gun happy buttholes, all in all, pathetic.