From the Jewish perspective, Judaism is the correct path for Jews. At the same time, Judaism teaches that there are different paths for different people, there is not one single path the HaShem.
Jewish law forbids cruelty to animals (tza'ar ba'alei chayim). This even overrides some other laws e.g. it is allowed to milk cows on Shabbat (the Sabbath) by a non-Jew or an automated machine, so as...
A ritual or ceremony signifying an event in a person's life indicative of a transition from one stage to another, as from adolescence to adulthood or even an initiation?