If ‘God is cruel’, no doubt, He will be very satisfied with the animal sacrifice, and if ‘God is Love’, no doubt, He will not be satisfied with the animal sacrifice at all. We know that animal sacrifices are common in local sorceries. So, I can’t agree, in any way, with animal sacrifice for God concept. Again, we know rituals are based on mythologies, and nobody can question a story, and the logic never works in the belief-stories as well. The term ‘Sacrifice’ is the symbol of the human ‘great’ deeds. Sometimes one may sacrifice one’s whole life for poor or for a noble cause, and thus, the word itself is the symbol of great Love. Unfortunately, this symbol of love, the sacrifice, has got another symbol, which has no connection with the Love, but that is connected with animal-killing!!
God is always the universal Truth, Love, and Morality, and so, there cannot be any brutality.