Depends on the situation. If I was given an ultimatum to punch a cow or die, I'd punch the cow. The other end of the spectrum is, of course, people who would shoot the cow just because they think it'd be funny, or to let off some steam. Most people fall somewhere along the middle.
Depends on the animal, really. I'm not averse to messing around with the genes of fruit flies, but more intelligent animals should probably be excluded from any experimentation whatsoever.
Given the discussions I've seen take place in the Debate subforum, if you got a warning point there, you almost certainly deserved it. Go cry in the warn appeals subforum. It exists for a reason.
Alternatively, the government stops subsidizing ridiculously low wages and the multinational conglomerates pay their employees what they're actually deserving of.
I think it would do the remaining members from the invasion good if they assimilated into existing alliances or reformed themselves into a smaller, more competent alliance(s). Having one huge alliance was never bound to work very well.