Rifkin: A Change of Heart about Animals

In the article A Change of Heart about Animals by Jeremy Rifkin, it says how we ought to consider animals feelings on how we treat them. I would disagree with what Rifkin is saying because yes animals have feelings but I don't think that we as humans have to give them quality time and only think about how they feel. I don't think animals will get upset just because they didn't have a toy to play with or they were not able to do sign language. Also as I was reading the article it shocked me that Rifkin is telling us that we should consider animals feelings but at the same time he is doing experiments with them and he eats meat. Don't get wrong by this because I'm saying I disagree that we should consider animals feelings because I do like animals, but I like eating hamburgers too. I think Rifkin wrote this to make us relize that animals are creatures on this earth and they need love too, but why would Rifkin write this and then do experiments with them?