Gruesome injuries to beautiful animals

There was a ghastly news article not long ago about poor dolphins being found which had gruesome injuries inflicted upon them by humans.

Buddhism teaches that there are lots of different realms. Most beings, most of the time, are in realms much worse off than the human realm, where there is more suffering. I’m not talking about the dolphins. My belief is that the realm of dolphins may actually be one of the higher or even the highest one on Earth.

But to think of the heinous acts of barbarism that some humans perform against innocent beings, it makes me think about the kinds of karma that happens and the types of suffering which exist. It seems like during this time on Earth humans are creating lots of hellish suffering for many beings which would otherwise be existing peacefully.