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A Hunter's Heart Analysis

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In a Hunter’s Heart, Richard K. Nelson himself writes “… our life, our breath, and our thoughts are given to us by the plants and animals we eat. This is true … for every one of us, whether we get our food by hunting, fishing, gathering, farming, gardening, or shopping. The only difference is that we who inhabit the cities and suburbs and towns have forgotten” (Nelson 3). When it comes to the topic of hunting, many people say hunting is evil. At the same time that I believe this to be true, I also believe hunting has many benefits to our society.
My whole life I have heard it said that humans are genetically programmed to hunt. I believe that hunters are just following their inner human nature calling. Many people who live in the city disdain …show more content…

This is the largest animal rights group organization and has more than two million members. This group tries to advance in their animal right movements no matter what other people think and who is offended. Many companies try to reach an agreement with PETA and make alterations to their animal welfare policies to avoid being openly targeted by the group.
Jonathen Safran Foer writes “…PETA’s capable of to put the fear of God into many executives” (Eating Animals 71). According to the Bible, God is viewed as the most powerful being in existence. Steve Kopperud compared PETA’s power to that of God’s by suggesting that PETA can strike just as much if not more fear into the industry than God could. PETA is accused of using skeptical approaches for attention and that humans and animals should be treated equally.
I believe that animals are different than human beings. Animals should not be treated the same but I think it’s important to treat animals well and give them the same respect we demand for ourselves. Animals can feel pain and it isn't right to cause pain on them by being cruel. There are some things that you might do to an animal that you wouldn't do to a human. For example, you may put an animal to sleep to put it out of its misery if it has cancer and is going to die but you wouldn't put your grandmother to sleep in the same conditions. In the end, treat animals kindly but realize that they are not human

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