We don't eat mammalian predators for good reasons, it's got little to do with animal cruelty. Pathogens are a bitch.
We all need to cut down (or out) meat to help try and reduce the damage from global warming *and* reduce animal suffering. But I don't think acting like a complete prat is the best way to go about it.
Or maybe he's just a really big fan of the Yulin festival?