I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.
The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females.
Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.
I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his music is the epitome of order.
Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.
Most exotic animals are not particularly interested in people, which makes it hard to provoke them. Human-rearing gets them used to and sometimes imprinted on humans, which makes them potentially dangerous.