Abstract
This paper examines the tactics used by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), further highlighting the actions the group has taken that cause people to view them as a fringe group with extreme ideas. The ideas may not really be that extreme, but their actions sometimes are and so undercut the power of their speech.

From the Paper
"The saying goes that actions speak louder than words, and for some groups attempting to persuade the public of the virtue of their point of view, this can be an unfortunate truth. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offer a persuasive argument on their website and in various literature, but the virtues of their point of view are often lost on the public because of actions the group has taken that cause people to view them as a fringe group with extreme ideas. The ideas may not really be that extreme, but their actions sometimes are and so undercut the power of their speech. PETA is dedicated first to the same sorts of issues as the..."

Tags:peta, language, images

Abstract
This paper describes the history, development, goals and policies of the PETA organization. The paper talks about its membership, its spokespersons, its investigative, political and legal activities, and its successes and failures in achieving its objectives. The paper also looks at the controversial aspect of the organization and what it could do to better meet its objectives in the fight for animal rights.

From the Paper
"The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA,), is an international nonprofit group dedicated to the defense and protection of all animals (PETA Media Center, "Fact Sheet"). Their work brings together members from all walks of life, including scientists, the judicial system, legislative communities, and ordinary citizens. Though their methods have been criticized in the past, their goals remain vital parts of our culture today."

Tags:food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, factory, farming, laboratory, testing, fur, trade, entertainment, industry

Abstract
This paper describes the work and ideas of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and gives an account of an exercise carried out to promote its cause and explain its positions.

Outline:
Introduction
Methodology
Language Analysis

From the Paper
"The saying goes that actions speak louder than words, and for some groups attempting to persuade the public of the virtue of their point of view, this can be an unfortunate truth. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offer a persuasive argument on their website and in various literature, but the virtues of their point of view are often lost on the public because of actions the group has taken that cause people to view them as a fringe group with extreme ideas. The ideas may not really be that extreme, but their actions sometimes are and so undercut the power of their speech. PETA is dedicated first to the same sorts of issues as the SPCA (or the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The latter group seeks legislation to prevent cruelty to animals and promotes public awareness of cases of cruelty. The group also promotes caring for animals as a virtue to be pursued. PETA does much the same but also takes more extreme positions against those who in any way disagree with them or who may use animals in any way that causes the disapproval of the organization. This sometimes leads to extreme action, such as throwing blood on people wearing fur. Such actions have given the group a reputation that undercuts the persuasive power of their speech."

Tags:legislation, cruelty, reputation, extreme

Abstract
This paper examines how the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of the most popular and largest animal liberation groups in the world and how PETA feels that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any way. It contends that while alternative methods have been developed, the testing of animals must still be embraced and the paper exposes the hypocrisy of the PETA organization by bringing to the table, the facts of animal rights and the pros of animal testing.

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"Total animal liberation means that all animals in captivity anywhere should be set free. If PETA were given the opportunity to rule the world, total animal liberation would outlaw fishing, circuses, dog shows, horseback riding, zoos, service animals for the disabled, and even taking medicine to kill the animals(bacteria) in your system. In my opinion, I feel that if animals were given total liberation many of them would end up in "animal prison" because all rights come with responsibilities. Most animals would assault and potentially kill each other as well as humans, all of them will not pay taxes, and they would be urinating and defecating all over the place."

Tags:liberation, circuses

Abstract
This paper focuses on the organization of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which strives to protect the rights of animals where they are most commonly abused, such as food producing factories, laboratories, and in the clothing and entertainment industries. The paper explains that PETA communicates its message through controversial ad campaigns, marches, rallies, and protests. and while their intentions are innocent, they use any means of getting what they want. The paper identifies some of PETA's methods of attracting attention, including celebrity sponsorships, and the provocation of people's emotions with graphic films in which animals are tortured and slaughtered. PETA uses use ethos, logos, and pathos to gain media attention and invoke people's guilty feelings, the paper states, to make money and gain even more attention. The paper concludes that thousands of animals die everyday from cruel and unusual causes inflicted by mankind, and PETA believes that we abuse the rights of animals by not standing up and fighting for them.

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"A campaign of PETA's that gets a great deal of attention is the "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign, because it attracts people to the attractive celebrities that pose semi-nude or nude. PETA seems to know how to use advertisements to get people to pay attention. The use of the ad is to get peoples attention by using partial to complete nudity to grab the audience's attention, and then hook it by using emotional factors in order to draw in even more attention."

Tags:rights, mistreatment, humane, society, SPCA

Abstract
This paper studies the organizations, governmental agencies and courtrooms acting to protect animals from cruelty. The paper begins with a review of the laws against cruelty to animals. Next, the paper explores the mission and success of some of the most well-known non-profit organizations working to protect animals. Included are the Humane Society and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as well as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The paper also briefly discusses smaller, grassroots organizations, like Animal Cruelty Actionline. The paper then turns to the laws against animal cruelty and their application in several rather disturbing courtroom cases.

From the Paper
"There are currently hundreds of organizations around to prevent and stop cruelty to animals. The most widely recognized organizations are the American Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The ASPCA since its inception has become a role model for other similar organizations to follow. The organization has a legislative action center in which volunteers are asked to write their legislatures in order to rally for stricter penalties against animal cruelty. Volunteers are kept abreast on current issues related to animal cruelty. The society also keeps a listing of animal humane law enforcement officials and animal control agencies throughout the United States."

Tags:cruelty, humane, society, peta, dogs, cats, rabbits, experimentation, mutilation

Abstract
Since the 1970s, the feminist movement has expanded in many directions. There are feminists solely concerned with equal rights for women who are part of the liberal wing of feminism. There are the romantic feminists who contend that women and men really are different, but that the superiority is on the side of women's socialization. The paper shows that there are also feminists who have connected more with international movements for social justice, sustainability and ecological rights. This paper conducts an interview with a feminist involved with the animals rights movement. It then briefly explores the connection between feminism and animal rights by analyzing available literature on the subject.

From the Paper
"Vandana Shiva (1989) provided many concrete examples of the connection between women's oppression, and suffering, and the degradation of the natural world. She also talked about the way that ordinary women themselves have begun to make that connection and start to fight back to preserve the parts of their world that allow them to survive. For example, the Chipko movement in India was begun by women who sought to stop deforestation by literally hugging trees, trying to keep the trees from being removed. For them, the trees, and a sustainable forest ecology, meant the ability to provide heat, energy, cooking fuel, and other necessities for their families. They realized that with deforestation and development came poverty. Development, in the Western style, was not desirable to many of them."

Tags:hierarchy, environmental, sexism

Abstract
In this article, the writer describes the effects of the campaign by PETA against KFC and other fast food companies accused of inhumane treatment of animals slaughtered for food.

From the Paper
"PETA is a controversial animal rights organization that does not hesitate to employ tactics in pursuit of its goals that some critics compare to terrorism. Such tactics include throwing fake blood on women wearing fur coats, breaking into laboratories and other sites where animals are being used in research and freeing them and even contributing to a known eco-terrorist group tat is on the FBI's Most Wanted List called the ..."

Tags:PETA, KFC, animal rights

Abstract
The paper explains factory farming to be an environmentally destructive way of producing food at a lower cost. The paper discusses the toxic runoff and the lagoons that store waste disposal and shows how they harm the environment. The paper paints a vivid picture of the cruel treatment of pigs and cows and reveals the abundant use of hormones and antibiotics given to cows, as well as the shocking types of foods cattle are being fed. The paper thus shows how factory farming has damaging effects on our environment as well as on our health.

From the Paper
"Factory farming is an environmentally destructive way of producing food at a lower cost for food manufacturers that has recently been developed within the last fifty years. The environmental, social and moral consequences of creating food in this harmful way have recently been the target of scrutiny from the American public as well as many other populations across the world. Industrial agriculture and factory farming methods vary depending on what type of meat and or product is being produced, but the general objective of these industries share a common goal: to produce as much product in as little time possible with as little effort and money spent in the process. Factory farming has had negative effects on not only the health of the animals themselves, but the communities, landscapes and cultures surrounding them as well."

Tags:meat, cattle, pigs, cows, hormones, antibiotics, waste, lagoons, ethics

Abstract
The paper considers the controversies surrounding the cloning of animals and then turns to the more controversial cloning of humans. The paper discusses the various ethical concerns that include the possible reduction in biodiversity, the discarding of a high rate of imperfect embryos, the questionable treatment of cloned people and finally, the equality issues that may arise where wealthy elites have access to expensive cloning technologies and the poorer classes do not. The paper concludes that with so many unresolved scientific and ethical questions, scientists should not undertake the cloning of humans. The paper asserts, however, that cloning animals for research towards curing diseases should continue.

From the Paper
"In theory, reproductive cloning of endangered animals could potentially increase the population of a species. However, to this day, scientists have cloned only two members of an endangered species The first effort was when scientists cloned the guar, an endangered wild ox, in 2001. However, the cloned guar died of an infection only 48 hours after its birth. The only other documented cloning of an endangered species occurred in 2001 in Italty, where a Mouflon sheep, born healthy, still lives in a wildlife center (Freudenrich 3). Cloning endangered species is beneficial, since, as the planet's human population grows, people destroy animals and their natural habitats. Therefore, cloning animals that are in danger of becoming extinct may help to preserve endangered species."

Tags:scientists, disease, embryos, clones, organ, harvesting, biodiversity