All PETA mayhem aside, I just wanted to point out that insects ARE animals!!!

From Websters definition of insect: "1 a: any of numerous small invertebrate animals (as spiders or centipedes) that are more or less obviously segmented —not used technically b: any of a class (Insecta) of arthropods (as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings

Mother nature fights back.

Personally, I'd like to avoid hookworm and getting my feet cut by glass and metal.