[suzy_99]

the body would not necessarily be dead, but it wouldn't be moving and without medical attention the animal would die very quickly. In a previous post someone stated that pain is a reflex. I must correct them on this, pain itself is not a reflex and for the most part it is a learned response. When a baby falls, it does not usually begin to cry until someone notices. If we are hurt while we are unconscious we do not cry, therefore, pain itself is not an automatic reaction. There are methods used that can overcome the sensation of "pain", such as hypnotizism. One type of hypnotizism can actually allow a person to be operated on without nay anesthetic and that person will feel no pain, so clearly the mind has a lot to do with this sensation. On the other hand, when a person is under anesthetic, their body still has all of the same physical reactions that it would have if the person were awake. So in essence, pain is something that we have associated with the bodies natural instinctual reflexes to an injury. We must not confuse the two. Pain is also a reaction that is not very easily controlled, but it can be. We cannot control bleeding with our brain or cloating or bruising, so obviously there must be some difference between them.

As for Sparky's question. I would define suffering itself as any acts that cause physical injury or emotional damage to a person or animal that is not wanted. But I would also define this further to say that the animal or person should be aware on at least some level of what is happening to them. Torturing a brain dead or even dead animal is not causing that animal to suffer, but its just sick.