The self-create Manu has said that man who does not eat meat, or who does not kill living creatures, or who does not cause them to be killed, is a friend of all creatures.
न भक्षयति यो मांसं न च हन्यान्न घातयेत्। तन्मित्रं सर्वभूतानां मनुः स्वायम्भुवोऽब्रवीत्॥