I'm think that almost every sane person truly enjoys animals, I mean look at all these zoos there are! There's nothing like seeing a giant elephant or a huge snake. But I also believe that we are able to enjoy nature and what if offers, and that to me includes admiring an animal as well eating them. I mean, there's nothing like a good rack of baby back ribs. And to me when you give your props to the cook, you're also giving props the animal that you ate from. Nature's all about everything depending and interacting in a very delicate network, and even though people are in a position that we can survive without really any dependance on animals that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy them.
But the main problem I have with outspoken vegans and vegetarians (I really don't have a problem with people not eating meat), is that there's so much more wrong in the world than cow's treatment. There's never going to be a time on earth where everything's good, but to me being so vocal and active about giving animals a voice is just turning a face to much more important issues.