The Truth behind Animal Rights and Wrongs- Derived from balanced and biased texts.

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The Truth behind Animal Rights and Wrongs- Derived from balanced and biased texts.

One of the most controversial cruelty issues concerns the future of research and healthcare centred on animal testing.

Debates concentrate on whether we should stop animal testing or not. On one hand, coversationists argue that animal research and testing is crucial for our futures healthcare and that what they do can only be through animals. On the other hand, it is argued that like humans; animals have feelings and they don't deserve to be testes on.

The two extracts 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' published by the Guardian, and 'Animal Experiments are Bad Science' published by Animal Aid, are both giving us some light on animal testing. Similar topics they may be, one Animal Rights and wrongs' is balanced and gives two perspectives, why testing is good and bad. The Animal Aid leaflet is biased, its only there to persuade us to stop testing, by looking at its every negative points. Rarely does it mention the benefits, when it does it is followed by criticism. By looking at the sub-headings you can clarify the above.
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'Animal Rights and Wrongs' is what we call a formal piece of text. The writer is like an encyclopaedia, no feelings, no opinions, only the facts. The opinions that are included, are those made by us, the people, what the public has to say.

The Animal Aid leaflet, if you read it you will know it is a persuasive piece of text. This can be clarifies by the use of rhetorical questions. It uses pictures of animals with strong human like expressions, especially the monkey. Looking at the monkey is like looking at our own primitive selves, ...

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