I am sure that animals are capable of such feelings. We humans elevate ourselves above animals by regarding them as property, as material assets and denying them their own rights... If you think this conviction through to its logical conclusion, it becomes difficult to continue eating meat... I am not yet ready to give up meat completely. However, we are sure that the animals we eat had the best possible and species-appropriate life. Does that make it better? Perhaps it does. Maybe it just serves to ease our conscience.