What I found to be particularly interesting in the chapter They Hang Horses, Don’t They? was that animals were persecuted in a court of law. That animals were given the same sentences for committing murder as human beings, which was death if they were found to be guilty. In addition, animals received some of the same rights as their human counterparts as they were provided with defense attorneys during their trial. One of the arguments that lawyers presented in court was Genesis 9:7 a verse from the Bible that stated, “Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth”. This Bible verse was used to defend insects such as flies to assert that all living beings required sustenance in order to survive and reproduce.
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