At the beginning of “the most dangerous game,” sanger rainsford and general zaroff would agree that animals are capable of feeling animals should not be hunted animals are smarter than human beings ani mals have no understanding or feelings

The correct answer among all the other choices is "animals are smarter than human beings." At the beginning of “the most dangerous game,” sanger rainsford and general zaroff would agree that animals are smarter than human beings. Thank you for posting your question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help. 

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