Week of March 21-27 Question 1

The section in chapter 8 that I found the most useful was the part about contradictory statements. There was an example that I found on the PETA website when we were doing research for our project. “The fact that they might suffer in the wild is no reason to ensure that they suffer in captivity.” This statement says that all animals suffer in captivity. However, there are many animals that not only seem to enjoy the comforts of life away from the elements and natural predators, but there are also may animals that are no longer able to survive in the wild, since their habitat or food source has been eliminated. Other animals depend on human for survival in other ways as well; I read about a cat that had epilepsy. Her owner gave her medicine to ward off the seizures, but said that the cat would probably not be able to survive on her own.