"Let's look on the bright side with the slugs. It's possible they are being reincrnated into a higher form as we speak."
firstly, we have no right to speed up that process by ending their life prematurely.
secondly, you assume a "higher form" is a good thing. What is a higher form ? We humans consider ourselves as being of a higher form than animals, but look at some of the cruelties that we humans do to each other and to other forms.
myths ? reality ? facts ? only of intellectual interests.
