Since Connell never really tells us how Rainsford views hunting after he experiences it we are left to decide for ourselves based on what has happened. I think, based on his philosophical conversation with Whitney at the opening of the story that Rainsford can now say with a degree of certainty that animals feel fear and pain when they are hunted. I do not, however, think that Rainsford has changed his mind about hunting. He is a world renowned hunter. This is what he does for a living. He has a flippant attitude about the hunted, so I believe his attitude may have changed, but he will continue to be a hunter. After all, he did send Zaroff to the hounds in the end so he obviously has not changed his view on the fact that the world is made up of hunters and huntees.
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