More likely an animal is shot and runs away, the hunter following. If he falls the hunter has his kill. However, in the no-hunting case, the suffering does not repeat itself each year. Many animal protection organizations reason that we should treat animals with kindness because they are sentient beings. Perhaps a squirrel can't think, perhaps a raccoon can't reason, but because they have a nervous system, and thus the ability to feel pain, it is morally wrong to inflict pain on them.
Humans empathize with an elephant more so than a fish.
Animal rights philosophy can be thought of as The Golden Rule, extended to man and all sentient creatures. If I don't want to be slaughtered and eaten, then I won't slaughter and eat another. And I don't. We would also like to thank the UNH MUB staff, especially Jenn Woodside, Cari Moorhead and Michelle Holt-Shannon for their support of the event, as well as hall directors Mo Phillips for leading Bingo and Kait Buckley for reading tarot cards. The New Hampshire is the University of New Hampshire 's only student-run newspaper.