The moral consideration in "Dog Monday's Vigil"

The author of “Dog Monday” story promotes the idea that animals deserve moral consideration. throughout the story, Monday provides to the reader that all dogs should be morally treated because they are intelligent and suffer from their lives; the story provides a specific quote that shows how Dog Monday has been treated and how the dog suffers from hunger; “Monday went on a hunger strike and howled like a banshee night and day.” (Montgomery 636). This quote conveys how the dog is starving and hungry but is a vigil to make his wish happen, even though the family supports his wish to stay at…