Who is better PETA or local shelters?
PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) use of rhetoric: Pathos (done)
Logos- Their logic is very flawed when in the last year they put down about 99.3% of the animals they claim they care so much about. Instead of linking creditable sources they link their own website.
Ethos- Claim they expose animal cruelty on farms and the entertainment industry. They have claimed in the past that they are a “no-kill” shelter.
My use of rhetoric:
Pathos (PETA)- PETA claims that they want to help animals, but in many cases, they have admitted to giving money to ecoterrorist groups such as ELF and ALF. PETA is known to take animals out of people’s yards claiming the animal was a “stray”, euthanizing them the same day instead of waiting the required five days, and sometimes dumping the body on someone else’s property (June 15, 2005 North Carolina)
Pathos (No kill shelters)- No kill shelters take great care of their animals, all they ask is to give donations of either pet beds, food, and toys. Places like PACC (Pima Animal Care Center) hold events around the holidays that you can volunteer for to help find these animals homes.
Logos (PETA)- PETA’s logic is if you own an animal then that animal is better off dead than living in a human home.
Logos (no kill shelters) – When you get your pet from a no-kill shelter they are already up to date on vaccines, are spayed/neutered, and you get a free vet visit at any time.
My solution:
My solution to this problem is to disband PETA as a global organization, have the government not fund this organization anymore, and use those funds to help real no kill animal shelters.
No-kill shelters use of rhetoric:
Pathos- Usually for commercials or on their website they will show you pictures of animals they have helped over the years and they usually give a background story on how the animal to be in their care. Seeing the animals that got re-homed evokes a feeling of happiness in an audience because you know that animal now has a forever home.
Logos- Their logic is all animals are worth saving. They only euthanize on the rare case that the animal is too dangerous to rehabilitate in the community or there is an irremediable suffering going on in the animal
Ethos- No-kill shelters like “Best Friends” started the no-kill movement in 1984 and has inspired other shelters to care for all animals. Shelters who are no-kill end up saving and rehoming 90% of their animals every year.
Thesis:
PETA is an organization who claims they are a no kill shelter, but statistics say they kill over 90% of the animals they take in, while local no kill shelters have saved 90% of the animals they receive.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a worldwide organization that has been around since 1980. When they were first founded, they fought for the rights of animals by proving that labs and farms back then were abusing and maltreating the animals they experimented on. In 1981 they were the first organization to give evidence that lead to a police raid on a Maryland Research Facility. In today’s time their use of pathos is the shock value in their commercials and demonstrations. An example of this is when some of their supporters in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2015 dressed semi-nude in the meat department to try and convince onlookers to go vegetarian for the holidays. This demonstration might persuade some to go vegetarian for the holidays, but most of the time using this type of shock value has been known to traumatize not only children, but other adults.
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