Hi Nothing,

The animal kingdom is a food chain.  Animals instinctively hunt, kill and eat other animals to survive.  I doubt that they are creating bad karma through natural behavior.  Buddhism may have a lot to teach us but it doesn’t mean it has all the answers.  Who has? The native american indians took what they needed from an animal and gave the rest back to mother earth.  Countries all over the world are meat eaters.  I doubt that they are all going to be sent back to Earth to become vegetarians.  Needlessly killing animals might be another matter.

Peggy