Is Hunting A Form Of Cruelty For Animals Analysis

There are various sides and opinions on animal cruelty, and they all vary according to the type of animal cruelty being done. In the article Is Hunting a Form of Cruelty for Animals? Dawn Laney, of the Greenhaven press illustrates the controversy on animal hunting after it was reported in the 2005 Washington post, that a young girl shot the first bear of the Maryland Bear Hunting season. In the eighth edition of Elements of Moral Philosophy, the authors Stuart and James Rachel in chapter 7.4, pose the question of how to tell whether the treatment of animal is right or wrong. Each one of these pieces of writing aim at a certain type of animal cruelty and talk about the supporting and opposing points in each argument. Neither authors of these two writings claim to participate in animal cruelty nor support it. Although they give supporting points and thoughts of why people who do support it do so, they themselves don’t choose a side. Both pieces of writing are forms of research. Each author took a view point on …show more content…
They start by bringing up religion and Christians traditional view on the treatment of animals by saying, “Christians believe that man alone is made in God’s image and that animals do not have souls. Thus, by the natural order of things, we can treat animals in any way we like.” They explain how although many people may see this as wrong or argue being against this statement when brought to them, a lot of what we humans do is guided by this principle. This is a good argument to bring on after stating such a strong belief for animal treatment because it shows how some people may fight for animal rights on a certain issue but don’t question any type of animal cruelty in their day to day lives. The authors explain how justification for these actions is easy but finding reasoning against them all may be an