Animals

• Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 69-70

During Zion's Camp, Joseph Smith prevented the killing of 3 rattlesnakes and entreated his fellows to avoid killing animals, explaining that "men must become harmless before the brute creation, and when men lose their vicious dispositions and cease to destroy the animal race, the lion and the lamb can dwell together, and the sucking child can play with the serpent in safety."

Cross-References

• Animal Sacrifice