All scriptures, all religious principles, are meant to elevate man from the animal platform to the human platform.. That is the verdict of the Vedic literature:

 

āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ chasāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇāmdharmo hi teṣām adhiko viśeṣodharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ

 

desires for Eating, sleeping, procreation, and security— are common to both human beings and animals. The distinction between human life and animal life is that a man can search after God but an animal cannot. . Therefore a man without that urge for searching after God is no better than an animal. Unfortunately, people forget God