Condescension to animals that are pets and people's companions, which, normally, has too little to do with taking insightful care of them, represents, most probably, one of the best possible outcomes of human and animal relations. ... These discussions address the highly sensitive and challenging issues of hunting wild animals, breeding farm animals to be used as food, and carrying out experiments on animals. ... Great amounts of chickens and other farm animals should be killed every year to feed these pets. ... "It is estimated that a billion small animals a year fall victim to the ...

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This was done because in Naturalism names are inconsequential and he is just like every other animal on earth. ... This is done so that a comparison can be seen between the ignorance of man and the natural instincts of the animal. ... Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man's judgment. ... Once again the man's ignorance is apparent where as the dog uses its instincts to understand what is necessary for its survival. ... This made the animal bristle and back away. ...

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There are laws prohibiting the infliction of pain on animals, yet meat consumption is not forbidden (only restricted). ... In Jewish law, field corners and gleanings were to be left alone so that the poor and animals may take these portions at will. Hybridization (of plants and animals) is forbidden and fruit trees may not be destroyed. Under the precepts of this "instinct renunciation" Schorsch relates three specific tenets Judaism requires: first, "ideally, Scripture would have us live as vegetarians;" meat consumption is not forbidden but is restricted; there are detailed laws prohib...

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