The problem of animal suffering takes a distinctive shape in Jewish sources. There is relatively little discussion of the attributes-driven problem that occupies analytic philosophers, namely, “Why does an omnipotent, omniscient, and all-good God allow animals to suffer so greatly?” By contrast, there is a norm-driven problem: how can a God whose laws show so much compassion and sensitivity to animals and their needs (a) let animals suffer and (b) include in His law certain other practices that might suggest a lack of compassion and sensitivity? Not many Jewish texts frame animal suffering in these terms, but I analyze some that pose or bear on this norm-driven problem. In the final section, I discuss several sources in Judaism that do address the attributes-driven formulation of the problem common in general philosophy.