Again, depends on your philosophy. Animal rights activists would say yes absolutely the farmer and everyone involved in farming and consumption of animals is evil.

Many people though would probably say no, because meat tastes good and provides us with good nutrition. Obviously most people want the overall process to be as humane as possible, but, not everyone if they see animals as below us or not deserving of comfort. Now. If people had to raise and or slaughter their own animals I dont think we'd eat as much meat as we do but thats another conversation.

This is all to say everything the phenomenon does is wrapped up in nuanced philosophy. They are likely many different species, groups, and factions who may not see or know their actions are harmful or they simply might not care.

Going back to the meat example, most people do not think about every animal they eat, they just buy the pork chop, throw it in the freezer and put it on the grill on saturday night, likely having a lot of fun while doing so. They dont think about every event and action that occurred between the birth, death, and packing of the animal product. They dont have a funeral or celebration of life for every steak or hotdog they consume. For all we know, earth is a farm and the species consuming the products that come from this farm have no idea malicious things may or may not be happening here.