15. Treat all living beings with respect and consideration.

• Prevent cruelty to animals kept in human societies and protect them from suffering.
• Protect wild animals from methods of hunting, trapping, and fishing that cause extreme, prolonged, or avoidable suffering.
• Avoid or eliminate to the full extent possible the taking or destruction of non-targeted species. (Corcoran, P.B., Vilela, M., & Roerink, A.(Eds.), 2005, p. 116)