Society condemns violence toward pets while accepting the industrial killing of animals like cows and pigs. Our challenge was to hold up a mirror to that moral dissonance—without using graphic violence. We needed to deliver a message that was emotionally confronting, visually photorealistic, yet restrained enough to avoid censorship or audience alienation. The goal: start a conversation about empathy and ethical consistency in how we treat sentient beings.


Society condemns violence toward pets while accepting the industrial killing of animals like cows and pigs. Our challenge was to hold up a mirror to that moral dissonance—without using graphic violence. We needed to deliver a message that was emotionally confronting, visually photorealistic, yet restrained enough to avoid censorship or audience alienation. The goal: start a conversation about empathy and ethical consistency in how we treat sentient beings.