Anthropologists refer to the five prohibitions as the five universal
taboos, which cross-culturally prohibit, against other humans, the
actions of killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and forcing
drugs or toxic substances on others. In our culture today, we are
evolving toward an understanding of these prohibitions that includes
animals as well: seeing that just as it is a violation to harmfully
interfere with Spirit’s experience of being a human, it is also a
violation to harmfully interfere with Spirit’s experience of being an
animal.