--- title: Animals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Animals», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Animals can feel pain and fear, so most people believe we have real duties towards them, and that cruelty to animals is wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Animals # Animals Lesson 46 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/46-animals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/0/) — Animals can feel pain and fear, so most people believe we have real duties towards them, and that cruelty to animals is wrong. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/1/) — Christians believe God made the animals and saw that they were good, and gave people the job of caring for them, not spoiling them; St Francis of Assisi even called animals his brothers and sisters. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/2/) — Some questions about animals are easy: never hurt a pet for fun. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/3/) — Others are hard, and thoughtful people disagree: eating meat, zoos and testing medicines on animals. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/4/) — In a hard question the best answer gives reasons, weighs the other side and is fair to everyone, people and animals alike. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/5/) — For a child today this means being kind and wise: feeding your pet every day, asking an adult before you "rescue" a hurt bird, and listening to a vegetarian friend without mocking them. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/6/) — Animals can feel pain and fear, and cruelty to animals is wrong. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/7/) — Christians believe God made the animals, called them good and gave people the task of caring for them. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/8/) — A pet needs food, water, care, exercise and time every day: it is a responsibility, not a toy. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/9/) — Some people eat meat; vegetarians and vegans (who eat no animal foods at all, not even milk or eggs) do not, for reasons of animal welfare, health, the environment or religion. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/10/) — Whether it is right to eat meat is a disputed question; respectful people accept others' food choices. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/11/) — Zoos can protect endangered species and teach people, but cages limit animals' freedom; whether zoos should exist is disputed. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/12/) — Some medicines are tested on animals to keep people safe; whether this is right is a disputed question argued carefully on both sides; many say it should happen only when really needed, with as few animals and as little pain as possible. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/13/) — St Francis of Assisi called animals his brothers and sisters and, the story says, preached to the birds. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/14/) — If you find an injured wild bird, the wise thing is to tell an adult or call an animal rescue rather than handle it yourself. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/15/) — Killing insects and pests raises the question of respect for life against safety and comfort. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/46-animals/16/) — Building on land can destroy animals' homes (habitats), so human needs and animal needs must be balanced. - ← previous: [Whistle-blowing: when to tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/) - next →: [The environment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/47-the-environment/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)