I didn't see any gross maggots or icky roaches so....what are we trying to accomplish here? I was expecting to see a heart shaped larve of some insect.

I appreciate the stated goal here but I feel you've entirely missed the mark in execution. The maggot and fish hook analogy was great, but then all your images just show traditionally *beautiful* animals in aesthetically pleasing images. This is not thought provoking in any way. Cows and lions cannot be friends. I watched 9 lions attempt to kill a buffalo this morning, they were unsuccessful, but will no doubt kill it tonight. They wont feel sorry for it or let it go cuz it put up a good fight. They will kill it and eat it, although I'm not sure what lions and cows being friends has to do with speciesism. Put that maggot you speak of in an iconic-ly styled image that pushes the boundaries of what we think about maggots. Show us rats posed as someone would a puppy. I will consider that I've somehow completely missed something in your images, if I have could you explain?

Just here to answer the question about killed lion and hooked maggot: one of them is a sentient animal, the other one an reflex-driven pest. And I'm completely neglecting the "endangered species vs. multiplying in an instant on everything that rots" argument. Flawed comparison to begin with, and I'm doubting OP really wants to "raise awareness" of anything but his/her own pictures that have little to do with "speciesism"

I supppse the author doesn't literally mean humans are no more important than, say, dung beetles, or that (having to choose) we should save a giraffe rather than a human baby, but simply that we shouldn't ignore other species. Nice art!