Reading Comprehension: Compassion Across Species
Mr. Steel

1. Why is it often considered an anthropomorphic fallacy to attribute compassion to animals?

2. What awareness does the author recognize in the existence of compassion?

3. Explain how any TWO examples from the animal kingdom provided by the author illustrate his point concerning compassion.

(i)

(ii)

4. Is there reason to believe that animals other than human beings are capable of compassion? Why or why not?