Its nature and how the world we live in works. Although, that would have to be one badass mouse to boss a pig around.

The Bhagavad-Gita explains it nicely.

I love this cartoon and find no need to go deep into it's hidden meanings. Now it would be another story if it was posted in the Dharma Cafe'.

It's a shame that the cartoonist used a rat and a pig in this cartoon.
Non-human animals are by far the most exploited beings on the earth.
All lives are matter...ALL of them.

If every human life is sacred. Then every religious sperm is sacred. Since abortion and adultery is sacred for the Religious and considering American's worst sins. After over population and polluting the earth, it's not sacred anymore. The human over multiplying the planet is the greatest danger to millions of species.

For me something Sacred would be more the spiritual sense of personal and natural growth. Like love, the sun and the vagina. Then sacred would mean something highly valued and important : deserving great respect.

Nailed it

According to Kurt Vonnegut, all music is sacred. But then again, he never had to spend an hour with my teenage kid, trapped in a car, listening to her music.

Ha! Love that.
Nothing is sacred anyway

Define sacred. Life encompasses so much, including not just animals but plants etc.

But what makes every life sacred?

Tribal intimidation!

I also thought of viruses and bacteria while reading that.