Carolina Reader pg. 107

Matthew Scully builds and supports his case that cruelty to animals should be a conservative cause, because it states the conservative viewpoint then ties it into his thoughts, and the facts on animal cruelty. He states that a lot of conservatives will side with those who are for killing or harming the animals, but very few actually take the time to look into what is going on. It is stated that conservatives tend to believe in traditions, but there is nothing traditional in factory farming; it is actually "rural values and a betrayal of honorable animal husbandry". Scully is basically able to sum it all up at the end of his piece by stating that we just can't take from the animals, we have to give back to them too; that we owe them life, along with a good death.