Yeah, so what? A Lion was just an example. A large percentile of animals on this planet eat meat, and if they wanted to they could survive on the nutrients in fruits and plants just like we could. Hunting and eating meat is natural to them and it's natural to humans in the same way. We're all mammals here. I don't think Sharks have much empathy for the few humans they like to chow down on. And where did I or anyone else say you were wrong for showing empathy towards animals?
Justed wanted to interject here, because while I eat meat I don't think this point helps your argument. It feels to me like you're saying that because some death occurs for animals it's okay for us to kill for food too, which I can't agree with. You can never say some wrong justifies more. I know that's not what you meant, because you don't think it's wrong but this point seemed to be argueing something different, argueing that it was okay, because other animals do it too. Just don't think this fits your argument very well, and felt like pointing it out.

Edit: And I think some of Maxx Power's post said this perfectly (the first half of the post, the rest I find much harder to agree with).