Animal Treatment RC 4th Ed, Short Passages- In Action

[soaringAlone]

Hi,

Can anyone explain why point can't be the 3rd sentence in last paragraph..It was not just animals, but all of nature, that came to be seen differently as Britain industrialized.

My reasoning:

1st Para: Passages starts with the background for animals treatment.give some examples.

2nd Para: Explains that growth in humane feelings was part of a broader embrace of compassionate ideals

3rd Para: Explains that Industrialization and the growth of towns also contributed to the increase in concern for animals

And then there is a shift mentioning It was not just animals, but all of nature, that came to be seen differently as Britain industrialized


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Over the course of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, educated Britons came to embrace the notion that animals must be treated humanely. By 1822 Parliament had outlawed certain forms of cruelty to domestic animals, and by 1824 reformers had founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

This growth in humane feelings was part of a broader embrace of compassionate ideals. One of the great movements of the age was abolitionism, but there were many other such causes. In 1785 a Society for the Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Sums persuaded Parliament to limit that archaic punishment. There was also a Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor, founded in 1796. A Philanthropic Society founded in 1788 provided for abandoned children. Charity schools, schools of midwifery, and hospitals for the poor were being endowed. This growth in concern for human suffering encouraged reformers to reject animal suffering as well.

Industrialization and the growth of towns also contributed to the increase in concern for animals. The people who protested against cruelty to animals tended to be city folk who thought of animals as pets rather than as livestock. It was not just animals, but all of nature, that came to be seen differently as Britain industrialized. Nature was no longer a menacing force that had to be subdued, for society's "victory" over wilderness was conspicuous everywhere. A new sensibility, which viewed animals and wild nature as things to be respected and


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[tim]

who told you it can't be?