That seems like such a vicious, life-less cycle. We treat the non-human world as if it has nothing to do with human life. But the only thing of value in human life is money and the pleasurable things we can buy with it. However, some would argue that all life should be treated with the same care and respect as we treat fellow humans. Because all life arose from the same place, all life interacts and depends on the healthy existence of every organism.
All organisms belong, in essence, to the same family, living in kinship on earth.
We can look at this from another, rather metaphorical perspective. Spring has finally arrived in full force melting the snow and cold with warm sunshine. All the snow melt has swollen the river and creeks around here to overflowing. The banks are flooded and the water gushes across the land, pooling in hollows and depressions, slicking fields with mud. The gushing river reminds me of birth water, of the amniotic fluid that spills from mother s womb just before we are born.