DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 37 



rate, on which mankind first arrived at the domes- 

 ticating stage of development. 



There are something like 100 species of animals 

 and 1,000 species of plants today represented in 

 hmnan commerce. 



These races of beings which man has associated 

 with himself are living beings. They eat and 

 drink and breathe, they suffer and enjoy, repro- 

 duce their kind and love their young, much as hu- 

 man beings do. The}^ have been taken from their 

 natural surroundings and forced to adopt ways of 

 living that are often cruel, or even horrible. There 

 is nothing much more certain than that men and 

 women of the far future will recognize their kin- 

 ship with these races, and will treat them in an 

 entirely different way from what we do. As Dar- 

 win says, *^S}^npathy for the lower animals is one 

 of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed.'* 



